Case Name: James Montalbano et al., Respondents, v. Orillo De Luzio et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1963-05-23
Citations: 39 Misc. 2d 834
Docket Number: 
Parties: James Montalbano et al., Respondents, v. Orillo De Luzio et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 39
Pages: 834–835

Head Matter:
James Montalbano et al., Respondents, v. Orillo De Luzio et al., Appellants.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, Second Department,
May 23, 1963.
Barney Heilman and Aaron Mase for appellants. Lester Grossman for respondents.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The determination of the City Rent and Rehabilitation Administration, based upon a physical inspection, as to the number of rooms occupied by the tenants was binding upon the trial court. (City Rent, Eviction and Rehabilitation Regulations, § 36, subd. a; Barbee v. 2639 Corp., 284 App. Div. 298; Serxner v. Elgart, 196 Misc. 1053, 1056.) The maximum rent could be increased only by order of the Administrator and not the court. (Seidenberg v. Cavanagh, 204 Misc. 235; Ivanovsky v. Paladino, 115 N. Y. S. 2d 596; Friedman v. Carr, 115 N. Y. S. 2d 519.) The method prescribed in section 8 of the Local Emergency Housing Rent Control Act (L. 1962, ch. 21, § 1, subd. 8) for the judicial review of an order of the city rent agency is exclusive.
The final order should be unanimously modified by reducing the amount of landlords' recovery for rent to $276, with appropriate costs in the court below, and as so modified, affirmed, without costs of this appeal. Warrant stayed until 10 days after service of a copy of the order hereon with notice of entry.
Concur — Hart, Brown and Benjamin, JJ.
Final order modified, etc.