Case Name: In the Matter of Newport Associates, Inc., Respondent, v. Nathan Leventhal, as Commissioner of the Department of Rent and Housing Maintenance, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1977-02-10
Citations: 41 N.Y. 838
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Newport Associates, Inc., Respondent, v Nathan Leventhal, as Commissioner of the Department of Rent and Housing Maintenance, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 41
Pages: 838–839

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Newport Associates, Inc., Respondent, v Nathan Leventhal, as Commissioner of the Department of Rent and Housing Maintenance, Appellant.
Argued January 6, 1977;
decided February 10, 1977

Opinion:
Appeal dismissed, without costs, for mootness, upon the ground that the leased premises were voluntarily vacated by the tenant in June, 1975, and subsequent to the effective date of the Vacancy Decontrol Law (L 1971, ch 371, as amd by L 1974, ch 576) which provides for the decontrol of leaseholds vacated after June 30, 1971 (Local Emergency Housing Rent Control Law, § 5; L 1962, ch 21, § 1, subd 5, as amd).