R. Lyons Hickey, Inc. v. Commissioner of Department of Rent & Housing Maintenance

Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, County of New York, entered January 25, 1977, granting petition to annul respondent’s determination denying a certificate of eviction, is reversed, on the law, and petition dismissed, without costs and without disbursements, and without prejudice to the making of a new application pursuant to section 55a of the rent regulations at which petitioner may establish on objective grounds his good faith. Subdivision g of section Y51-6.0 of the Rent Control Law is clear that the landlord must seek in "good faith” to recover possession of a housing…