Case Name: In the Matter of Forest Hills Tenants Association, Respondent, v. Daniel W. Joy, as Commissioner of the Office of Rent Control of the City of New York, Appellant, and Falk Associates, Intervenor-Respondent-Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1983-01-11
Citations: 91 A.D.2d 912
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Forest Hills Tenants Association, Respondent, v Daniel W. Joy, as Commissioner of the Office of Rent Control of the City of New York, Appellant, and Falk Associates, Intervenor-Respondent-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 91
Pages: 912–913

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Forest Hills Tenants Association, Respondent, v Daniel W. Joy, as Commissioner of the Office of Rent Control of the City of New York, Appellant, and Falk Associates, Intervenor-Respondent-Appellant.

Opinion:
— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Stecher, J.), entered November 23, 1981, reversing respondent-appellant commissioner's determination, which granted intervenor-respondent-appellant landlord's labor cost rental increases for rent-controlled apartments of the premises pursuant to the rent control laws, and remanding for reconsideration consistent with the court order, reversed, on the law, petition dismissed and commissioner's determination reinstated and confirmed, without costs. On this record the commissioner's determination had a rational basis as to each of the issues raised at the administrative level. The determinations of an administrative agency interpreting and administering statutes and regulations should be accorded great weight. The court's powers of review are limited to determining if the agency's interpretation is irrational or has warrant in the record and a reasonable basis in law. (Matter of Mounting & Finishing Co. v McGoldrick, 294 NY 104,108.) It was thus error for Special Term to annul the determination. Concur — Kupferman, J. P., Carro, Milonas and Alexander, JJ.
Asch, J., dissents and would affirm on the opinion of Stecher, J., at Special Term.