99 Realty Co. v. Wall Street Transcript Corp.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Order dated July 31, 1996 and judgment entered August 1, 1996 modified only to the extent of increasing landlord’s recovery for rent to the principal sum of $246,116.69; as modified, order and judgment affirmed, with $25 costs to landlord cross appellant.

In granting judgment on landlord’s claim for porter wage escalation charges, Civil Court properly included vacation and sick days as components of the wage rate since, in defining the term "wage rate”, the wage clauses at issue specifically refer to sums paid for "vacations” and "other types of * * * benefits”. Thus, the…