Jeter v. Kerr

MEMORANDUM

LASKER, District Judge.

The defendants move that this court abstain from entertaining jurisdiction and for a stay of proceedings as to plaintiff’s requests for documents and interrogatories in this case challenging the City’s practice of issuing Maximum Base Rent (MBR) increases to landlords without affording tenants prior notice or hearing.

Defendants suggest three bases for abstention. First, they argue that “recent decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court display a clear pattern of preference for local judicial regulation of essentially local matters, of which the New York City Rent…