Matter of Licciardi v. Been

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Shlomo S. Hagler, J.), entered November 18, 2015, denying the petition to annul the determination of respondent, Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), dated April 7, 2015, that petitioner was not entitled to succeed to the tenancy of his deceased aunt’s Mitchell-Lama apartment, and dismissing the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The determination denying petitioner succession rights to the subject apartment has a rational basis (see Matter of Pietropolo v New York City Dept. of…