37 West Realty Co. v. New York City Loft Board

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael D. Stallman, J.), entered June 25, 2009, dismissing this CPLR article 78 proceeding, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the petition reinstated, without prejudice to the assertion of defenses.

The tenants whose units were specifically addressed in respondent’s order, which reduced or vacated an administrative law judge’s findings in their favor with regard to rent overcharges, were necessary parties whose rights may be directly and inequitably affected by the judgment (CPLR 1001 [a]). As respondent concedes, the tenants were…