Matter of Court Square Bldg. v. City of New York
New York Court of Appeals
I. The rent control act (L. 1945, ch. 314) does not apply to the City of New York. (Kahlen v. State of New York, 223 N. Y. 383; Weitsner v. Stitchman, 271 App. Div. 255, 296 N. Y. 907; United States v. Petty Motor Co., 327 U. S. 372; United States v. General Motors Gorp., 323 TJ. S. 373.) II. If such lease is subject to tbe emergency rent legislation, tbe reasonable rent formula adopted by tbe Appellate Division is correct.
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I. The rent control act (L. 1945, ch. 314) does not apply to the City of New York. (Kahlen v. State of New York, 223 N. Y. 383; Weitsner v. Stitchman, 271 App. Div. 255, 296 N. Y. 907; United States v. Petty Motor Co., 327 U. S. 372; United States v. General Motors Gorp., 323 TJ. S. 373.) II. If such lease is subject to tbe emergency rent legislation, tbe reasonable rent formula adopted by tbe Appellate Division is correct. (Matter of Belmar Operating Corp. [Boffer], 272 App. Div. 766, 297 N. Y. 609; People ex rel. Gil-mour v. Hyde, 89 N. Y. 11; Matter of New York and Brooklyn Bridge, 72 N.…
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Tbe petitioner-landlord is the owner of an office building in tbe city of New York occupying tbe greater por tion of a city square bounded by Lafayette, Beade, Elm and Duane Streets. The City of New York, as a tenant, occupies six floors of the petitioner’s building — the second to seventh floors inclusive — and in'addition a ground-floor store on Beade Street and space in the basement. This extensive space has been used since 1935, for courtrooms and related uses by the Municipal Court of the City of New York. In January, 1943, the parties entered into a lease to run until April 30, 1945, at…
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