Pietrini v. Panicci

Memorandum Per Curiam.

It was error to refuse to take proof by the tenant as to the terms of the letting. The certificate issued by the Administrator authorized the landlords to commence proceedings under the law of the State for the removal of the tenant (Rent Regulation for Housing in New York City Defense-Rental Area, § 6, subd. [b], par. [1], 8 Fed. Reg. 13918). It did not determine the tenant was a holdover. Whether the tenant was or was not holding over was a matter for determination in the proceedings under the State law which the landlords, without a certificate, could not commence.…