Twentieth Century Associates, Inc. v. Waldman

Plaintiff appeals from a final judgment of the Municipal Court of the City of New York dismissing its complaint in an action to recover rent under a lease executed prior to January 24, 1945, the effective date of chapter 3 of the Laws of 1945, and seeks to review the constitutionality of said act in its application to such leases. The court below, with the consent of both parties, having construed the statute as retroactively applicable to the plaintiff’s lease, we may determine the sole question of constitutional validity upon the basis of that construction. (N. Y. Const., art. VI, § 7,…