GRAMERCY SPIRE TENANTS' ASS'N v. HARRIS

No. 76 Civ. 4028 (WCC).

446 F.Supp. 814 (1977)

GRAMERCY SPIRE TENANTS' ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, v. Patricia Roberts HARRIS, as Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Housing & Urban Development, and Morris Sosnow, Jerrold A. Lieberman, Leonard Schwartz, Individually and as co-partners in 16th Street Associates, Defendants, and Patricia Grant, James N. Palik, Rosalyn Rusalem, the Conciliation and Appeals Board and the Housing and Development Administration of the City of New York, Additional Defendants on Counterclaim.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

September 16, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice A. Reichman, New York City, for plaintiff, and James N. Palik and Rosalyn Rusalem, additional defendants on counterclaim.

Robert B. Fiske, Jr., U. S. Atty. for the Southern District of New York, New York City, for defendant Patricia R. Harris; Patrick H. Barth, Asst. U. S. Atty., Barrie L. Goldstein, Atty., Dept. of Justice, New York City, of counsel.

Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Lehrer, New York City, for defendants, Morris Sosnow, Jerrold A. Lieberman and Leonard Schwartz, co-partners doing business as 16th Street Associates; Neal M. Goldman, New York City, of counsel.

Julia P. Heit, New York City, for Patricia Grant, additional defendant on counterclaim.

W. Bernard Richland, Corp. Counsel, New York City, for Housing and Development Administration of the City of New York; Neil S. Lovit, New York City, of counsel.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CONNER, District Judge:

Plaintiff Gramercy Spire Tenants' Association has brought suit to challenge the federal government's preemption of New York City's rent control laws as they apply to the Gramercy Spire Apartments located at 160 Third Avenue in New York City. The complaint names as defendants the Department of Housing and Urban Development and its Secretary, Patricia Roberts Harris1 ("HUD") and the...

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