200-218 Soundview Realty Corp. v. Sherlock

OPINION OF THE COURT

Order dated December 2, 1996 affirmed, without costs.

*739We agree, essentially for the reasons stated in the decision of Judge George M. Heymann at the Civil Court (171 Misc 2d 98), that the intrafamily transfer of the dwelling unit here involved did not serve to remove the property from the ambit of rent stabilization (see, Rent Stabilization Code [9 NYCRR] § 2520.6 [a]; see also, Matter of Federated Homes v Berman, 56 Misc 2d 160, affd 31 AD2d 624, affd 24 NY2d 978). Petitioner does not dispute that the property would have remained rent stabilized had the current tenant…