Tarman v. Rowe

OPINION OF THE COURT

Edward H. Lehner, J.

Is a tenant who does not purchase under a “non-eviction” co-operative conversion plan protected in his right of continued occupancy under the New York City Rent Stabilization Law (Administrative Code of City of New York, § YY51-1.0 et seq.) as against the purchaser of his unit? “No” is the startling answer asserted by such a purchaser who claims a right to evict under section 54 of the Code of the Real Estate Industry Stabilization Association of New York City, Inc. (the Code), adopted pursuant to such law. As will be seen below, such answer is based on…