New York Ambassador, Inc. v. Board of Standards & Appeals

The petitioner operates a hotel at 51st Street and Park Avenue. In its subcellar it had been conducting a laundry for the hotel and its guests and employees. Recently, however, it took over the linen laundering for the Hotel Sherry Netherlands, a hotel situated about a mile away. There is no common ownership or operation between the two establishments.

The city has taken the position that such laundering for outside customers was a violation of the Zoning Resolution.

The petitioner hotel is located in a restricted retail district, which under the Zoning Resolution is subject to the restrictions…