Koppelman v. Leventhal

— In an application by the petitioner landlord to punish the respondent Commissioner of the Department of Rent and Housing Maintenance for contempt of court in failing to comply with a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated September 18, 1973, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, the commissioner appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated September 17, 1974, which granted the application to the extent of modifying the commissioner’s order, issued March 12, 1974, which had granted rent increases to petitioner, effective September 1, 1973, pursuant to…