Casado v. Markus

*633Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Emily Jane Goodman, J.), entered February 2, 2010, in an article 78 proceeding, vacating Rent Guidelines Board orders No. 40 of 2008 and 41 of 2009 insofar as they provided for minimum dollar rent increases for rent stabilized apartments renting for less than $1,000 that had not been subject to vacancy increases for the preceding six years, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Under the Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974 (ETPA) (McKinney’s Unconsolidated Laws of NY § 8621 et seq. [L 1974, ch 576, sec 4]), the Council of the City of New York is…