Bloom v. Temporary State Housing Rent Commission

This is an application, pursuant to article 78 of the Civil Practice Act, to review the determination of the State Rent Administrator that a portion of petitioner tenant’s six-room apartment was being used for professional purposes and was, therefore, not subject to rent control. Petitioner is a practicing physician and uses two rooms of the apartment as professional offices. The Administrator found, and the court agrees, that the residential part of the apartment is completely separable from the rooms used for professional use, that each unit has a separate entrance and separate bathroom…