Forest Hills Tenants Ass'n v. Joy

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

The determination of the rent commissioner to include the salaries of three garage employees who rendered services to tenants throughout the apartment complex in labor costs for the purpose of adjusting maximum rents does not lack a rational basis. Moreover, the commissioner’s refusal to permit the tenants to examine the landlord’s records was not arbitrary or capricious, in view of his own thorough audit of the landlord’s expenses, the results of which were made available to the tenants (see…