602-4 East 138th St. Corp. v. McGoldrick

In December, 1951, the landlord purchased an eight-room brownstone three-story house that had been used as a private home and office by its physician owner for many years. The new owner converted it into an eight-apartment dwelling, for as many families, by erecting partitions, installing some light sanitary facilities, and making other minor alterations to adapt it to its new multiple family use. The question is whether the building had become exempt from control or was only subject to decontrol (see Matter of Fiesta Realty Corp. v. McGoldrick, 284 App. Div. 551); and if subject to…