Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York, 1999

78/79 York Associates v. Rand

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided April 19, 1999

180 Misc. 2d 316; 691 N.Y.S.2d 875; 1999 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 199

Counsel

APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL, Amsterdam & Lewinter, New York City (Mark Lewinter and Charles J. Seigel of counsel), and Pennisi, Daniels & Norelli, L. L. P., Baldwin (Karen Schwartz-Sidrane and Sherrie Taylor of counsel), for appellant. Jeffrey S. Ween & Associates, New York City (Jeffrey S. Ween of counsel), for respondent. Marcia P. Hirsch, New York City (Martin B. Schneider of counsel), for New York State Division of Housing & Community Renewal, amicus curiae.

Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Curiam.

Order dated January 28, 1998 affirmed, with $10 costs.

Tenant’s rent overcharge counterclaim, interposéd in October 1995, is not barred under amended CPLR 213-a or amended Rent Stabilization Law of 1969 (Administrative Code of City of NY) § 26-516 (a). Those statutes preclude examination of the rental history of the housing accommodation prior to the four-year period immediately preceding the filing of a complaint or commencement of an action. The instant counterclaim does not seek inquiry into the legality of rent increases prior to the four-year period since it is challenging the amount of rent ($750) set forth in landlord’s July 1992 registration statement (cf., Zafra v Pilkes, 245 AD2d 218; Theoharidou v Newgarden, 176 Misc 2d 97). The rent registration statement in effect four years prior to the interposition of tenant’s claim set forth a legal rent of $267.45. Accordingly, tenant is entitled to recover any overcharges paid within four years of its October 1995 claim.

Freedman, J. P., and Davis, J., concur.

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