WOLINSKY v. KEE YIP REALTY CORP


2 N.Y.3d 487 (2004)

812 N.E.2d 302

779 N.Y.S.2d 812

SARAH WOLINSKY et al., Appellants, et al., Plaintiff, v. KEE YIP REALTY CORP., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 8, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Frazer, New York City, for appellants.

Kolodny P.C., New York City (Peter Kolodny of counsel), for respondent.

Robert Petrucci, New York City, for Lower Manhattan Loft Tenants, amicus curiae.

Chief Judge Kaye and Judges G.B. Smith, Ciparick, Rosenblatt, Read and R.S. Smith concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

GRAFFEO, J.

In 1982, the Legislature enacted the Loft Law to address the proliferation of illegal residential conversions of manufacturing premises in New York City. Plaintiff tenants, who converted their commercially-leased units over a decade after the Loft Law's eligibility period ended, ask this Court to extend the protections of the Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974 (ETPA [L...

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