Hughes v. Weaver

In ibis proceeding under article 78 of the Civil Practice Act, the petitioners, tenants of a 10-story apartment building, seek to annul the certificates of eviction granted to the landlord, Roosevelt Hospital, pursuant to section 591 of the State Rent and Eviction Regulations.

Under the State Residential Rent Law (L. 1946, ch. 274), housing accommodations already on the rental market may be withdrawn only after prior written approval of the Temporary State Housing Rent Commission, if such withdrawal requires that a tenant be evicted (§ 10, subd. 4, as amd. by L. 1957, eh. 755, § 1). And…