PARRINO v. LINDSAY


29 N.Y.2d 30 (1971)

Rosario Parrino et al., Appellants, v. John V. Lindsay, as Mayor of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 7, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob W. Friedman and Abraham Engelman for appellants.

J. Lee Rankin, Corporation Counsel (Alfred Weinstein, Stanley Buchsbaum and Jay A. Kranis of counsel), for respondents.

Leonard Rovins, Richard Abelson and Steven E. Weiss for Bronx Realty Advisory Board, amicus curiae.

Ira S. Robbins for Citizens' Committee on Aging of the Community Council of Greater New York, amicus curiae.

Kalman Finkel, John Kirklin, Michael D. Hampden and Allan L. Gropper for The Legal Aid Society, amicus curiae.

Judges SCILEPPI, BERGAN, JASEN and GIBSON concur with Chief Judge FULD; Judge BURKE concurs on constraint of prior rent control cases decided by the court; Judge BREITEL concurs in result only.


Chief Judge FULD.

New York City's Local Law No. 30 and Local Law No. 31 of 1970 were enacted together and became effective on August 1, 1970. The former provided, insofar as here relevant, for general increases in maximum rents up to a limit of 15% of the July 31, 1970 maximum rent (Administrative Code of City of New York, § Y51-5.0, subd. a, par. [2]). The other enactment, Local Law No. 31, exempts a certain...

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