Jahn v. Division of Housing & Community Renewal

Although it found that landlords respondents George and Karen Jahn had made a good-faith showing of an immediate and compelling necessity to recover possession of the subject premises from their tenant, Tony Krupa, for their own personal use and that of their family, the DHCR denied landlords *194the certificate of eviction which would otherwise have issued pursuant to 9 NYCRR 2204.5 (a) upon the ground that the tenant, a 20-year occupant of the leased premises at the time of the administrative proceedings, was entitled to claim the benefit of chapter 234 of the Laws of 1984, amending section…