Case Name: 78 South First Street Housing Development Fund Corporation et al., on Behalf of Themselves and Others Similarly Situated, Respondents, v. Paul A. Crotty, as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, et al., Appellants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1990-05-03
Citations: 75 N.Y.2d 982
Docket Number: 
Parties: 78 South First Street Housing Development Fund Corporation et al., on Behalf of Themselves and Others Similarly Situated, Respondents, v Paul A. Crotty, as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 75
Pages: 982–985

Head Matter:
78 South First Street Housing Development Fund Corporation et al., on Behalf of Themselves and Others Similarly Situated, Respondents, v Paul A. Crotty, as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, et al., Appellants.
Argued March 27, 1990;
decided May 3, 1990
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Victor A. Kovner, Corporation Counsel (Judith R. Greenwald, Edith I. Spivak and Joseph I. Lauer of counsel), for appellants.
Gerald A. Rosenberg, Janet Ellis Meiman and Kenneth C. Brown for respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order reversed, with costs, defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint granted and certified question answered in the negative for reasons stated in the dissenting memorandum by Justice E. Leo Milonas at the Appellate Division (150 AD2d 218, 220-222).
Concur: Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Kaye, Alexander, Titone, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa.