Markens v. McGoldrick

The principal question presented upon these appeals is whether the State Rent Administrator followed the requirements of the State Residential Rent Law in granting-applications for increases in rents made in behalf of four hotels in this city. The problem arises because there are two classes of space or accommodations in hotels, controlled and decontrolled. Only those accommodations that were controlled under the earlier Federal rent regulations, and which continue to be occupied by the then tenants, are placed under State rent control. As tenants remove from the controlled space, it becomes…