Konigsberg v. Caputa

In this article 78 proceeding, the appeal is from an order dismissing the petition herein. The petition is one to annul the final determination of a protest addressed to the order of the Local Rent Administrator restoring a rent decrease and denying the application of the tenants for a further decrease in rent.

The premises consist of six 12-story multiple dwellings grouped around a common courtyard bounded by Broadway, West 86th Street, Amsterdam Avenue, and West 87th Street, County of New York.

On August 31, 1950 the landlord’s application to convert six manually operated passenger elevators…