Legal Opinion
Mayer v. City Rent Agency
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 21, 1978PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jones, J.
New York City Local Law No. 76 of 1977, the so-called Labor Cost Repeal Law, is invalid because it violated the statutory prohibition against the enactment of local laws subjecting rent controlled housing accommodations to more stringent or restrictive regulation and control than that in effect on June 1, 1971, and was not validated in consequence of its approval by the State Commissioner of Housing and Community Renewal on October 12, 1978.
In 1970 the City of New York enacted Local Law No. 30 which substantially revised the city rent control laws. By its…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Pokoik v. SilsdorfNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- I. L. F. Y. Co. v. Temporary State Housing Rent CommissionNew York Court of Appeals · 1961
- Matter of Tartaglia v. McLaughlinNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
- Teeval Co. v. SternNew York Court of Appeals · 1950
- Faymor Development Co. v. Board of Standards & AppealsNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Post v. 120 East End Avenue Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1984
- KSLM-Columbus Apartments, Inc. v. New York State Division of HousingNew York Court of Appeals · 2005
- Asman v. AmbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- City of New York v. New York State Division of Housing & Community RenewalNew York Court of Appeals · 2001
- People Ex Rel. Office of Rent Administration v. Berry Estates, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1982
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