Legal Opinion
Meyers v. New York State Division of Housing & Community Renewal
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 24, 2009PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLahtinen, J.
Petitioner seeks succession rights to a Mitchell-Lama apartment located in Manhattan in which his father resided from 1992 until his death in 1995 (see Matter of Schorr v New York City Dept. of Hous. Preserv. & Dev., 10 NY3d 776, 777 n 1, 778 [2008] [briefly describing the Mitchell-Lama Law]). Respondent Division of Housing and Community Renewal (hereinafter DHCR) has interpreted its regulation (see 9 NYCRR 1727-8.3 [a]) as essentially setting forth the following three requirements for a person seeking succession rights: (1) the person must be a member of the vacating tenant’s family; (2) the…
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