Debenhams, Inc. v. Commissioner of Finance

— In this transferred CPLR article 78 proceeding, determination of the Commissioner of Finance, issued June 23, 1981 after a statutory hearing, assessing the petitioner under the New York City commercial rent or occupancy tax in the principal amount of $86,798.20, plus interest of $14,277.31, for a total of $101,075.51 for the periods from June 1, 1976 through May 31, 1979, unanimously annulled, on the law, without costs, solely with respect to the assessment relating to petitioner’s lease at the Bonwit Teller store at 721 Fifth Avenue in the County of New York, the petition is granted to…