M&E Christopher LLC v. New York State Division of Housing & Community Renewal

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William A. Wetzel, J.), entered August 10, 2005, denying the petition seeking to annul respondent agency’s determination, dated January 14, 2005, that the apartments at issue are subject to rent stabilization and directing petitioner to issue vacancy leases to respondent Berlin, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The determination that the apartments remain subject to rent stabilization had a rational basis in the record (see Matter of AVJ Realty Corp. v New York State Div. of Hous. & Community Renewal, 8 AD3d 14 [2004]). Petitioner failed to…