Forrester v. American Package Co.

In an action, inter alia, for a judgment declaring that the apartment occupied by the plaintiffs is subject to the Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974 (L 1974, ch 576, § 4, as amended by L 2003, ch 70-73, 82; McKinney’s Uncons Laws of NY § 8621 et seq.), the Rent Stabilization Law of 1969 (Administrative Code of City of NY) § 26-501 et seq., and the Rent Stabilization Code (9 NYCRR) § 2520.1-2531.9, and that the defendant is not entitled to an award of rent or the value of use and occupancy so long as the certificates of occupancy for the premises in which the apartment is situated are…