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Conason v. Megan Holding, LLC, 25 N.Y.3d 1 (2015)

Citation
Conason v. Megan Holding, LLC, 25 N.Y.3d 1 (2015)
Parent Document
Conason v. Megan Holding, LLC, 25 N.Y.3d 1 (2015)
Jurisdiction
New York (state)
Effective Date
2015-02-24

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Read, J.
Julie Conason and Geoffrey Bryant (collectively, tenants) are the rent-stabilized tenants of an apartment in a residential building in Manhattan. Megan Holding, LLC is the building’s owner and tenants’ landlord. As described in this opinion, Conason asserted an overcharge claim against Megan in April 2009, almost 5V2 years after she occupied the apartment under a vacancy lease. The principal issue on this appeal is whether CPLR 213-a’s four-year statute of limitations completely bars this claim. Because of the unrefuted proof of fraud in the record, we conclude that section 213-a merely limits tenants’ recovery to those overcharges occurring during the four-year period immediately preceding Conason’s rent challenge, and that the lawful rent on the base date must be determined by using the default formula devised by the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR or the agency) (Thornton v Baron, 5 NY3d 175 [2005, Smith and Read, JJ., dissenting]; Matter of Grimm v State of N.Y. Div. of Hous. & Community Renewal Off. of Rent Admin., 15 NY3d 358 [2010, Smith, Graffeo and Read, JJ., dissenting]). L