Independence Plaza North Tenants Ass'n v. Roberts

Determination of respondent Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), dated September 28, 1998, granting respondent limited profit housing owner a rent increase, challenged by petitioner tenants as made in violation of lawful procedure, unanimously confirmed, the petition denied and the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, New York County [Barbara Kapnick, J.], entered on or about August 4, 1999), dismissed, without costs.

We reject petitioners’ argument that because the Hearing Officer made no decision as to…