Appeal, by permission of the Court of Appeals, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, entered May 26, 2022. The Appellate Division affirmed four orders of the Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen A. Rakower, J.; ops 2021 NY Slip Op 34229[U]; 2021 NY Slip Op 34230[U]; 2021 NY Slip Op 34231[U]; 2021 NY Slip Op 34232[U]), entered in four separate proceedings pursuant to CPLR article 78, which had (1) denied the petitions seeking to (a) annul respondent's "Explanatory Addenda" to clarify the terms of previously issued rent-deregulation orders; (b) annul respondent's orders denying the petitions for administrative review challenging the addenda; and (c) reinstate the deregulation orders; and (2) dismissed the proceedings.

Landlord and Tenant - Rent Regulation - Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act's Repeal of Luxury Deregulation - Apartments with Deregulation Orders Prior to Enactment and Leases Not Expiring Until after Effective Date of Repeal

The Appellate Division order affirming Supreme Court orders that had dismissed four CPLR article 78 proceedings each seeking to annul respondent's "Explanatory Addenda" to clarify the terms of a previously issued rent-deregulation order, annul respondent's order denying the petition for administrative review challenging the addenda, and reinstate the deregulation order, was affirmed (see Matter of 160 E. 84th St. Assoc. LLC v New York State Div. of Hous. & Community Renewal, 43 NY3d 275 [2024]).

Horing Welikson Rosen & Digrugilliers PC, Williston Park (Jillian N. Bittner of counsel), for appellant.

Letitia James, Attorney General, New York City (Matthew W. Grieco, Barbara D. Underwood and Ester Murdukhayeva of counsel), for respondent.

Belkin Burden Goldman, LLP, New York City (Magda L. Cruz and Jeffrey L. Goldman of counsel), for New York Apartment Association, Inc., amicus curiae.