Portion of Nassau RGBO #34 Declared Void

LVT Number: 14831

Facts: A group of landlords sued Nassau County Rent Guidelines Board. They claimed that a portion of Guideline #34 was invalid. The guideline reduced by one percent the amount of guidelines rent increase that tenants who received SCRIE benefits had to pay. But the Guidelines Board extended that one percent reduction to all tenants. Court: Landlords win. The Rent Guidelines Board didn't have the authority to extend SCRIE benefits to other tenants. The disputed portion of the Rent Guideline was declared null and void.

Facts: A group of landlords sued Nassau County Rent Guidelines Board. They claimed that a portion of Guideline #34 was invalid. The guideline reduced by one percent the amount of guidelines rent increase that tenants who received SCRIE benefits had to pay. But the Guidelines Board extended that one percent reduction to all tenants. Court: Landlords win. The Rent Guidelines Board didn't have the authority to extend SCRIE benefits to other tenants. The disputed portion of the Rent Guideline was declared null and void.

Benroal Realty LP v. Nassau County Rent Guidelines Board: NYLJ, 2/14/01, p. 31, col. 6 (Sup. Ct. Nassau; Franco, J)