Mayfair York Co. v. New York State Division of Housing & Community Renewal

Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (William McCooe, J.), entered October 30, 1996, which denied petitioner’s application pursuant to CPLR article 78 to annul respondent’s determination finding a rent overcharge and imposing treble damages, and dismissed the petition, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Respondent’s finding that certain work done to the subject apartment, claimed by petitioner to constitute "improvements” within the meaning of Rent Stabilization Code (9 NYCRR) § 2522.4 justifying a rent increase, amounted only to normal maintenance and repair…