Melohn v. Conciliation & Appeals Board

In this article 78 proceeding, petitioner landlord seeks to vacate a determination of respondent Conciliation and Appeals Board, denying petitioner’s application for the establishment of a higher rental for the subject apartment, based on an alleged improvement.

On August 9,1968, when the lease of the apartment was being renewed, the tenant then in occupancy agreed to pay an increase in rent from $180 per month to $260 per month. The bottom of the rider specifying the new rent, underneath the signatures of the tenant and petitioner’s agent, stated that the “ landlord will supply a 10 cubic…