Gomez v. N.Y. State Div. of Hous. and Cmty. Renewal
Decision Date | 14 December 2010 |
Citation | 912 N.Y.S.2d 444,79 A.D.3d 878 |
Parties | In the Matter of Isabel GOMEZ, appellant, v. NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL, respondent. |
Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
79 A.D.3d 878
In the Matter of Isabel GOMEZ, appellant,
v.
NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL, respondent.
Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
Dec. 14, 2010.
Martin S. Needelman, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Joanne Koslofsky and Edward Josephson of counsel; William Spirer on the brief), for appellant.
Gary R. Connor, New York, N.Y. (Sheldon Melnitsky and Kathleen Lamar of counsel), for respondent.
In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the Deputy Commissioner of the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal dated June 27, 2008, which denied a request for administrative review and confirmed a determination of the Rent Administrator dated April 2, 2008, finding that there was no overcharge of rent, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hinds-Radix, J.), dated March 20, 2009, which denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
"In reviewing a determination made by an administrative agency such as the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (hereinafter the DHCR), the court's inquiry is limited to whether the determination is arbitrary and capricious, or without a rational basis in the record and a reasonable
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