Trustees of Columbia University in City of New York v. Griffiths

Order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, First Department, entered on May 17, 1973, affirming, by a divided court, a judgment of the Civil Court, New York County, entered on November 2, 1972, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs and without disbursements, the judgment vacated and the landlord’s petitior dismissed. Inasmuch as the paroi evidence offered did not contradict the lease *925but merely explained its background, such evidence was admissible. (4 Bender, New York Evidence, ch. 13.) Nonetheless, we believe that the Rent Stabilization Law (Local Laws, 1969, No. 16 of City…