MATTER OF PARKCHESTER APTS. CO. v. LEFKOWITZ


41 N.Y.2d 987 (1977)

In the Matter of Parkchester Apts. Co., Respondent, v. Louis J. Lefkowitz, as Attorney-General of the State of New York, Appellant, and Mary Winfield et al., Intervenors-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Shirley Adelson Siegel and Samuel A. Hirshowitz of counsel), for appellant.

Joseph P. Napoli for intervenors-appellants.

Edward N. Costikyan and Jack Hassid for respondent.

Concur: Judges GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE. Judge JASEN dissents and votes to reverse in an opinion in which Chief Judge BREITEL concurs.


Order affirmed, with costs, on the Per Curiam opinion at the Appellate Division (51 A.D.2d 277).

JASEN, J. (dissenting).

I would reverse the order of the Appellate Division and dismiss the motion to amend the judgment. This case presents important questions of law and policy regarding the application of legislation to pending plans for conversion of rental apartments to co-operative and condominium apartments...

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