Roberts v. Tishman Speyer Properties, L.P.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Nardelli, J.
This appeal raises an issue of statutory construction regarding the luxury decontrol provisions of the Rent Stabilization Law (Administrative Code of City of NY §§ 26-504.1, 26-504.2) and, specifically, whether the motion court properly determined that the phrase “by virtue of’ is equivalent in meaning to “solely by virtue of,” thereby leading to the incongruous result of prohibiting landlords from decontrolling certain regulated units if they are subject to rent stabilization solely by virtue of New *73York City’s J-51 tax abatement program (see Administrative…
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