Chatsworth 72nd Street Corp. v. Rigai

Sometime long prior to the dates when the tenants in these nonpayment proceedings moved into the basement apartments, numbered 37 and 39, they now occupy at 344 W. 72nd St., the landlord had created these apartments by altering into residential accommodations an area of the basement originally designed for use as storage space. At the time of altering the basement area, now comprising these apartments, the landlord did not file any specifications or plans for the residential accommodations created and has not filed any such specifications or plans since. This failure to file and obtain…