In re the Department of Buildings

The only question involved on this appeal is, as it seems to me, whether the portion of section 309 of the Multiple Dwelling Law is constitutional which provides for the correction of conditions in deteriorated and deteriorating dwellings of such nature as to endanger the life, health and safety of the occupants, by the appointment of a receiver to apply the rents to the rectification of these conditions. I believe this statute to be constitutional under the police power in view of its relation to the public health and safety due to the need to eliminate such conditions for the protection of…