Lichter v. Herman

Landlord brings this article 78 proceeding to review respondent’s determination as to the maximum rental of subject apartment. On May 28, 1958, landlord and the prior tenant of said apartment entered into a two-year lease running from June 1, 1958 to May 31, 1960. The terms of said lease provided that until September 1, 1959, the rent would be $135.85 per month and that, thereafter, it would be increased 15% to $156.23 per month. The report of said lease was not filed with the Rent Commission, however, until July, 1959, when landlord presumably discovered that the prior tenant contemplated…