DeMartini v. Eimicke

In reviewing a determination of an administrative agency, it is not the role of the courts to disturb the fact-finding function of the agency. The scope of judicial review is limited to questions of law and to a determination as to whether there was a rational basis in the record upon which the agency based its action (see, Matter of Pell v Board of Educ., 34 NY2d 222). In the case at bar the agency’s determination was not rationally based on the record because the agency failed to consider all of the facts before it in coming to the conclusion that a reduction of rent was warranted. The…