1560-80 Pelham Pkwy. Assocs. v. Errico

*948OPINION OF THE COURT

Order entered April 28, 1995 reversed, without costs, and the nonpayment petition is reinstated in accordance with this decision.

The nonpayment petition alleges arrears of $432.06 per month for the months October 1994 through March 1995, plus the sum of $24,563.83 for the period January 1990 through September 1994. For many years landlord billed, and tenant paid, rent at a rate less than the legal registered rent because of a Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE). In late 1994, landlord discovered that tenant’s SCRIE had apparently expired long ago, perhaps as far…