Schonbuch v. Abrams

Order unanimously reversed, with $20 costs and disbursements to the appellant, and the determination of the State Rent Administrator annulled, with costs. The record before the Administrator justified his findings that plans were not filed with the department of housing and buildings and a certificate of occupancy was not obtained and that the accommodations are entirely substandard. Subdivision 4 of section 9 of the State Rent and Eviction Regulations provides, however, that the regulations do not apply to “ housing accommodations created by a change from a non-housing to a housing use on or…