Legal Opinion
Borden v. 400 East 55th Street Associates, L.P.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 24, 2014PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Lippman.
We hold that CPLR 901 (b) permits otherwise qualified plaintiffs to utilize the class action mechanism to recover *390compensatory overcharges under Roberts v Tishman Speyer Props., L.P. (13 NY3d 270 [2009]), even though Rent Stabilization Law of 1969 (RSL) (Administrative Code of City of NY) § 26-516 does not specifically authorize class action recovery and imposes treble damages upon a finding of willful violation. We find the recovery of the base amount of rent overcharge to be actual, compensatory damages, not a penalty, within the meaning of CPLR 901…
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- Roberts v. Tishman Speyer Properties, L.P.New York Court of Appeals · 2009
- Sperry v. Crompton Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 2007
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