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

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert Lippmann, J.), entered February 28, 1997, denying the petition brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 seeking to annul an order of the Commissioner of the Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR), granting the owner’s Petition for Administrative Review (PAR) and vacating the Rent Administrator’s order that had found a rent overcharge, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Petitioner tenant’s claim that DHCR improperly expanded the scope of the PAR by considering substantive claims raised by the owner in a responsive submission filed during the…