Rudd v. Sharff

OPINION OF THE COURT

Gerald Lebovits, J.

In Pultz v Economakis (10 NY3d 542, 548 [2008]), the Court of Appeals interpreted New York City Rent Stabilization Code (RSC) (9 NYCRR) § 2524.4 (a) to allow owners to recover entire buildings in owner’s-use holdover proceedings if they can prove, at trial, their good faith intention to recover the units for their personal use as their primary residence. Petitioners here, like the petitioner in Pultz, seek to recover an entire building. The issue in this owner’s-use proceeding seeking an entire building is what a predicate notice must say before a…