77 Avenue D Associates, Inc. v. State of New York Division of Housing & Community Renewal

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Stuart Cohen, J.), entered March 13, 1997, which dismissed petitioners’ article 78 petition seeking to annul the order of the Deputy Commissioner of the Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) dated November 2, 1996, which affirmed an order of the District Rent Administrator of DHCR dated April 7, 1995, which found petitioners liable for rent overcharges totalling $30,803.05 plus interest, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Even if, contrary to the finding of the IAS Court, we were to accept petitioners’ claim that they had exhausted their…