Rosenbluth v. Finkelstein

Although the appeal has become moot and academic, we refrain from dismissing it "because of the importance of the issue presented. Affecting as it does the administration of the emergency housing legislation in the City of New York, the question is one of major importance and, because it will arise again and again, one that invites immediate decision. (See, e.g., Matter of Glenram Wine & Liquor Corp. v. O’Connell, 295 N. Y. 336, 340; Matter of Lyon Co. v. Morris, 261 N. Y. 497, 499.)

A landlord or one who becomes a landlord by purchasing residential property may not procure an eviction of a…