Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1993

Rent Stabilization Ass'n of New York City, Inc. v. Higgins

Rent Stabilization Ass'n of New York City, Inc. v. Higgins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided January 12, 1993
189 A.D.2d 594
Rent Stabilization Ass'n of New York City, Inc. v. Higgins

Opinion of the Court

— Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Irma Vidal Santaella, J.), entered November 27, 1991, declaring "family member” succession rights regulations promulgated by respondent to be a valid exercisé of its administrative power, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The regulations in question are valid for the reasons set forth in this Court’s opinion on the application for a preliminary injunction (164 AD2d 283). Even under the heightened scrutiny applicable to regulatory takings, the regulations substantially advance a legitimate governmental interest (see, Nollan v California Coastal Commn., 483 US 825, 834).

Subsequent decisions in Lucas v South Carolina Coastal Council (505 US —, 112 S Ct 2886) and Yee v City of Escondido (503 US —, 112 S Ct 1522) do not, in this instance, warrant a departure from our prior conclusion that plaintiffs’ challenge to the administrative regulations lacks merit (see, Hanover Ins. Co. v D & W Cent. Sta. Alarm Co., 164 AD2d 112, 115). Concur — Murphy, P. J., Ellerin, Kupferman, Kassal and Rubin, JJ.

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