Mott v. New York State Division of Housing & Community Renewal

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Tompkins, J.), entered December 1, 1992, which denied petitioner’s application pursuant to CPLR article 78 to annul respondent’s determination imposing treble damages upon a finding that petitioner had willfully overcharged rent to his subtenant, unanimously modified, to the extent of annulling so much of respondent’s determination *355which imposed treble damages upon petitioner and, as so modified, otherwise affirmed, without costs.

The IAS Court properly deferred to respondent agency’s interpretation of Rent Stabilization Code (9 NYCRR) § 2522.5…