Legal Opinion
Bryant v. Carey
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided March 28, 2003PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Anil C. Singh, J.
The sharing of rent regulated apartments is a fact of city-life. This right is protected by statute (Real Property Law § 235-f). Tenants have been free to negotiate the terms of rent-sharing agreements, and in the absence of profiteering or un*413duly disparate bargaining power, courts respected such agreements. This landscape changed when the Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) promulgated section 2525.7 (b) of the Rent Stabilization Code (9 NYCRR [RSC]) making it a violation of the Rent Stabilization Code for a tenant to charge a roommate more…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Sheehy v. Big Flats Community Day, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1989
- Pavlou v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- 719 West 180th Street LLC v. GonzalezCivil Court of the City of New York · 2002
3Cited by1 opinion
- Roxborough Apartments Corp. v. BeckerAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 2006