MONARCH CONDOMINIUM v. RASKIN (2007)

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Walter B. Tolub, J.), entered August 3, 2006, which denied plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

 Plaintiff condominium's motion for a preliminary injunction compelling defendants to cease the use of their apartment as a psychiatry office and requiring the unit's restoration to residential purposes was properly denied since plaintiff failed to demonstrate that it will suffer irreparable harm if the sought relief is denied (see Doe v. Axelrod, 73 N.Y.2d 748, 750, 536 N.Y.S.2d 44, 532 N.E.2d 1272 [1988] ).   Contrary to plaintiff's contention, it is required to demonstrate irreparable harm.   This is not a situation where a preliminary injunction may, by reason of specific statutory dispensation, be obtained without such a showing (cf. Village of Chestnut Ridge v. Roffino, 306 A.D.2d 522, 524, 762 N.Y.S.2d 623 [2003] ).   Plaintiff's request for relief was also properly denied because it “clearly did not seek to maintain the status quo, but rather sought the ultimate relief in [the] action” (Putter v. City of New York, 27 A.D.3d 250, 253, 811 N.Y.S.2d 29 [2006] ).