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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

In the Matter of Ida J. Jacobs, Respondent, v. Hortense W. Gabel, as City Rent and Rehabilitation Administrator, Appellant.
   Order, entered on October 29, 1963, annulling the determination of the City Rent and Rehabilitation Administrator which had denied an application for a certificate of eviction pursuant to subdivision a of section 55 of the City Rent, Eviction and Rehabilitation Regulations and directing that a certificate of eviction issue, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, with $20 costs and disbursements to the respondent-appellant; the petition is dismissed and the determination reinstated. The City Rent Administrator found that the applicant-landlord was not proceeding in good faith. There is substantial evidence in the record to' support that determination. Since the order of the Rent Administrator had a reasonable basis, and was not arbitrary or capricious, the courts may not disturb the determination and substitute their judgment for that of the Administrator. (Matter of Friedman v. Weaver, 3 N Y 2d 123, 126; Matter of First Terrace Gardens v. McGoldriek, 1 N Y 2d 1, 3.) Accordingly, the finding of the Rent Administrator should not have been annulled. Concur — Botein, P. J., Breitel, Valente, Eager and Steuer, JJ.