Legal Opinion
Seawall Associates v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 1, 1988PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ross, J. P.
The issue in these consolidated actions is whether Local Laws, 1987, No. 9 of the City of New York, which was approved March 5, 1987 and which, inter alia, provides for a *75five-year moratorium on the demolition or conversion of single-room occupancy housing, is constitutional.
For more than 10 years, the governmental officials of the City of New York have been wrestling with the problems related to single-room occupancy (SRO) housing.
An SRO has been defined as a living unit which shares a kitchen and/or bathroom with one or more other units (see, Blackburn, Single…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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