Whitehouse Estates, Inc. v. New York State Division of Housing & Community Renewal

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Marilyn Shafer, J.), entered March 20, 2003, which denied petitioner’s application to annul respondent Division of Housing and Community Renewal’s (DHCR) denial of a major capital improvement rent increase for certain pointing and masonry work, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Respondent’s finding that the pointing and masonry work in question was not done “as necessary,” as required by Rent Stabilization Code (9 NYCRR) § 2502.4 (a) (2) (ii) (19) to qualify as a major capital improvement, is rationally supported by an inspection report showing…