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In the Matter of Burrito Factory, Inc., Appellant, v City of New York, Respondent.
    [706 NYS2d 383]
   —Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Louise Gruner Gans, J.), entered February 17, 1999, which denied the petition brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 to annul a determination of the City Environmental Control Board, dated January 21, 1998, finding that petitioner twice violated Administrative Code of the City of New York § 24-141 and fining petitioner a total of $530 for those violations, and dismissed the proceeding, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

We decline to disturb the determination that Administrative Code § 24-141 (b) (24), which defines “air contaminant [s] ” to include “Processing of food stuffs,” encompasses the usual and ordinary odors produced by spicy food, escaping into a complainant’s residential apartment, where such odors “cause [] or may cause detriment to the health, safety, welfare or comfort” of the complainant within the meaning of the Administrative Code section (see also, Matter of Charlotte’s Catering Corp. v New York City Envtl. Control Bd., 270 AD2d 217 [decided herewith]), since respondent agency’s reasonable, rational interpretation and application of the Administrative Code sections under which it functions are entitled to judicial deference (see, Matter of Gellerman v Higgins, 213 AD2d 309). We further find that Administrative Code § 24-141 is not unconstitutionally vague (see, New Amber Auto Serv. v New York City Envtl. Control Bd., 163 Misc 2d 113). Concur— Rosenberger, J. P., Williams, Andrias, Buckley and Friedman, JJ.