People v. Bloom

Insofar as the judgment is modified by reducing the jail sentence of each defendant from one year to six months in the New York City Penitenitary, I dissent in part and vote to affirm the judgment appealed from in its entirety.

Defendants were convicted at Special Sessions on numerous counts for grossly excessive charges in connection with rental agreements in violation of section 965 of the Penal Law and a conspiracy to violate. Both defendants were unanimously convicted by the three judges who tried the case and the sentences imposed were unanimous. The record is voluminous; the proof of…