Llorente v. New York State Division of Housing & Community Renewal

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Kibble F. Payne, J.), entered December 3, 2003, which denied the application and dismissed the petition brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 seeking to annul respondent’s determination reducing the rent of a complaining tenant, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

From the time the complaining tenant took occupancy in 1994 until February 2000, she enjoyed the use of both the basement laundry facilities and the backyard, where she planted flowers and sat outside in the warmer months. Petitioner owners discontinued these services on the grounds that the…