KOVARSKY v. HOUS. & DEV.


31 N.Y.2d 184 (1972)

In the Matter of Marcel Kovarsky, Individually and as President of Presidential Tenants Mutual Protective Association, et al., Appellants, v. Housing and Development Administration of City of New York et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 7, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Meyers and Gretchen White Oberman for appellants.

J. Lee Rankin, Corporation Counsel (Mary P. Bass and Stanley Buchsbaum of counsel), for Housing and Development Administration, respondent.

Jerome I. Lessne for Real Estate Industry Stabilization Association of New York City, Inc., respondent.

Thomas C. Morrison for Praetorian Realty Corp., O.D.C., Inc. and Tandy & Allen Realty Corp., respondents.

John F. Finn, Jr. for Invesco Holding Corporation, respondent.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Daniel M. Cohen and Samuel A. Hirshowitz of counsel), respondent, pro se.

Robert Sugerman and Anne Jaffe for Metropolitan Council on Housing, amicus curiae.

Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN and GIBSON concur with Judge JASEN; Chief Judge FULD and Judge BREITEL taking no part.


JASEN, J.

Appellants, tenants in an apartment building governed by the Rent Stabilization Law of 1969 (RSL) (Local Laws, 1969, No. 16 of City of New York; Administrative Code of City of New York, ch. 51, tit. YY) have been denied renewal leases because of the existence of a Plan of Cooperative Organization for the building, which provides for converting it from rental units to co-operative ownership. Seeking...

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