WYKOFF SP LLC v. COUSIN KATIA PRODUCTIONS LLC (2021)

ORDERED that the final judgment is reversed, without costs, the order granting landlord's motion for summary judgment is vacated, and the motion is denied.

In this holdover proceeding commenced in April 2018, landlord alleges that the premises are not subject to rent stabilization, either by virtue of the Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974 (ETPA) (McKinney's Uncons Laws of NY § 8621 et seq. [L 1974, ch 576, § 4, as amended]) or Multiple Dwelling Law art 7-C (the Loft Law). By order dated May 17, 2019, the Civil Court granted landlord's motion for summary judgment, relying upon a related declaratory judgment action in Supreme Court, Kings County, Malden v R.P.S. Properties, LLC, index No. 510054/17 in which, by order dated December 24, 2018, the Supreme Court, insofar as is relevant here, declared that the subject building is not subject to and covered by the Rent Stabilization Law by virtue of the ETPA. A final judgment was entered on June 4, 2019. On March 24, 2021, the Appellate Division modified the Supreme Court's December 24, 2018 order by, insofar as is relevant here, deleting the provision thereof declaring that the subject building is not subject to and covered under the RSL by virtue of the ETPA, relying, in part, on a June 25, 2019 amendment to the Loft Law (Malden v Wykoff S.P., LLC, ––– AD3d ––––, 2021 NY Slip Op 01761 [2d Dept 2021]).

For the reasons stated in Wykoff SP, LLC v Bennett (––– Misc 3d ––––, 2021 NY Slip Op –––– [appeal No. 2019-970 K C], decided herewith), the final judgment is reversed, the order granting landlord's motion for summary judgment is vacated, and the motion is denied.

ALIOTTA, P.J., WESTON and ELLIOT, JJ., concur.