While the interpretation of a statute by the agency charged with its enforcement is given great weight if not irrational, unreasonable or inconsistent with the governing statute, the agency's special competence or expertise provide little basis for reliance if the words of the statute are clear, the question involved is the proper application of the provision, or the agency's interpretation contravenes the statute's plain words (Matter of Trump-Equitable Fifth Ave. Co...
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