Atsiki Realty LLC v. Munoz

• Decision Date: 22 May 2015
• Citation: 2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 25166,48 Misc.3d 33,13 N.Y.S.3d 770
• Parties: ATSIKI REALTY LLC v. Maria MUNOZ, Respondent–Tenant–Respondent. Atsiki Realty LLC, Petitioner–Landlord–Appellant, v. Bienvenida Acevedo, Respondent–Tenant–Respondent. Atsiki Realty LLC, Petitioner–Landlord–Appellant, v. Arcelia Uribe Enrique, Respondent–Tenant–Respondent. Atsiki Realty LLC, Petitioner–Landlord–Appellant, v. Giralda/Angelina Mena, Respondent–Tenant–Respondent. Atsiki Realty LLC, Petitioner–Landlord–Appellant, v. Mariano Andujar, Respondent–Tenant–Respondent. Atsiki Realty LLC, Petitioner–Landlord–Appellant, v. Suhey Flores, Respondent–Tenant–Respondent. Atsiki Realty LLC, Petitioner–Landlord–Appellant, v. Loida Ester Pena, Respondent–Tenant–Respondent. Atsiki Realty LLC, Petitioner–Landlord–Appellant, v. Denise Hiciano, Respondent–Tenant–Respondent. Atsiki Realty LLC, Petitioner–Landlord–Respondent, Pedro Gomez Fermin, Respondent–Tenant–Respondent.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Term

48 Misc.3d 33
13 N.Y.S.3d 770
2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 25166

ATSIKI REALTY LLC
v.
Maria MUNOZ, Respondent–Tenant–Respondent.

Atsiki Realty LLC, Petitioner–Landlord–Appellant
v.
Bienvenida Acevedo, Respondent–Tenant–Respondent.

Atsiki Realty LLC, Petitioner–Landlord–Appellant
v.
Arcelia Uribe Enrique, Respondent–Tenant–Respondent.

Atsiki Realty LLC, Petitioner–Landlord–Appellant
v.
Giralda/Angelina Mena, Respondent–Tenant–Respondent.

Atsiki Realty LLC, Petitioner–Landlord–Appellant
v.
Mariano Andujar, Respondent–Tenant–Respondent.

Atsiki Realty LLC, Petitioner–Landlord–Appellant
v.
Suhey Flores, Respondent–Tenant–Respondent.

Atsiki Realty LLC, Petitioner–Landlord–Appellant
v.
Loida Ester Pena, Respondent–Tenant–Respondent.

Atsiki Realty LLC, Petitioner–Landlord–Appellant
v.
Denise Hiciano, Respondent–Tenant–Respondent.

Atsiki Realty LLC, Petitioner–Landlord–Respondent
Pedro Gomez Fermin, Respondent–Tenant–Respondent.

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department, New York.

May 22, 2015.

13 N.Y.S.3d 771

Law Offices of Santo Golino, New York City (Brian W. Shaw of counsel), and Karabelas & Papgianolpoulos, LLP for appellant.

Northern Manhattan Improvement Corp. Legal Services, New York City (Kenneth Rosenfeld of counsel), for respondents.

PRESENT: HUNTER, JR., J.P., SHULMAN, LING COHAN, JJ.

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

48 Misc.3d 34

Order (Sheldon J. Halprin, J.), dated November 12, 2013, affirmed, with $10 costs.

13 N.Y.S.3d 772

In a rent reduction order dated February 5, 1993, the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) reduced the legal regulated rent on each apartment at issue in these consolidated nonpayment proceedings, on the ground that the prior building owner failed to provide certain required services. The order also prohibited the owner from charging or collecting any rent increases until the DHCR issued a rent restoration order. On May 29, 2013, DHCR denied the petitioner-landlord's application to restore the rents, finding that the conditions cited in the 1993 order had only been “partially corrected.” DHCR's 2013 determination was neither reviewed on administrative appeal nor challenged in a CPLR article 78 proceeding.

48 Misc.3d 35

We reject landlord's attempt to collaterally attack the 1993 rent reduction order in these 2012 proceedings. A rent reduction order imposes a continuing duty on the owner to charge and collect the reduced legal regulated rent until the DHCR finds that all required services are being provided and a rent restoration order is issued authorizing the owner to charge and collect the actual legal regulated rent (see Rent Stabilization Law [Administrative Code of City of N.Y.] § 26–514 ; Rent Stabilization Code [9 NYCRR]...