Bronner v. Division of Housing & Community Renewal

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles Tejada, J.), entered November 21, 2002, which upheld the Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) Commissioner’s order, dated April 3, 2002, affirming the Rent Administrator’s determination, dated November 7, 2001, that the subject apartment had already been deregulated, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Petitioner tenants claimed that the Rent Administrator exceeded her authority in determining the apartment already luxury-deregulated, under Rent Stabilization Code ([RSC] 9 NYCRR) § 2520.11 (r) (2), because the landlord had brought a…