Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Claude G. Szyfer , Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, New York, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Jamison Davies , Assistant Corporation Counsel ( Richard Dearing , Devin Slack , on the brief), for James E. Johnson , Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees.
Deborah E. Riegel , Rosenberg & Estis, P.C., New York, New York, for amici curiae Rent Stabilization Association of N.Y.C., Inc. and Community Housing Improvement Program.
Michael J. Harris , Jonathan A. Herstoff , Haug Partners LLP, New York, New York; Arthur Kats , Volunteers of Legal Service, New York, New York, for amicus curiae Volunteers of Legal Service.
LiJia Gong , Public Rights Project, Brooklyn, New York, for amici curiae the Cities of Chicago, Santa Monica, and 17 Additional Local Governments.
Joshua A. Matz , Raymond P. Tolentino , Molly Webster , Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, New York, New York, for amici curiae Constitutional Law Scholars.
Judge CARNEY concurs in the result in part and dissents in part in a separate opinion.
REENA RAGGI, Circuit Judge.
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