Case Name: In the Matter of Anna Rolinski et al., Respondents, v. Benjamin Altman, as Commissioner of Housing of the Department of Rent and Housing Maintenance, et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1971-09-27
Citations: 37 A.D.2d 779
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Anna Rolinski et al., Respondents, v. Benjamin Altman, as Commissioner of Housing of the Department of Rent and Housing Maintenance, et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 37
Pages: 779–779

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Anna Rolinski et al., Respondents, v. Benjamin Altman, as Commissioner of Housing of the Department of Rent and Housing Maintenance, et al., Appellants.

Opinion:
In a proceeding pursuant to article 78 of the CPLR to annul a determination of appellant Altman, the New York City Rent Commissioner, revoking a certificate of eviction, the appeals are from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, entered January 6, 1971, which granted the application. Judgment reversed, on the law, without costs; petition dismissed on the merits; and determination of appellant Commissioner confirmed. In our view there existed a rational basis in the record for the Commissioner's finding that there was no " immediate and compelling necessity " to evict appellant Lebwohl. Accordingly, the learned Special Term ought not have substituted its judgment for that of the Commissioner. Rabin, P. J., Hopkins, Munder, Latham and Shapiro, JJ., concur.