Ecco Land Corp. v. New York State Division of Housing & Community Renewal

In a hybrid proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the Deputy Commissioner of the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal dated June 19, 2002, which, inter alia, denied the landlord’s petition for administrative review of an order of the District Rent Administrator dated December 11, 1997, finding, inter alia, that certain “constructively occupied” apartments were not exempt from the Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974 (L 1974, ch 576, § 4), and an action for a judgment declaring, inter alia, that the constructively occupied apartments are…