This court disagrees. The health and safety concerns that underlie the Multiple Dwelling Law are no less important than the concern for the housing shortage that prompted the enactment of the ETPA. In Buck v Department of Hous. Preserv. & Deo. of City of N.Y. (133 Misc 2d 626 [App Term, 2d Dept 1986]) the issue was whether “buildings designed and intended to be used as two-family homes (private dwellings) can be unilaterally converted to multiple dwellings for single room occupants” (at 627) . The court held that such conversions were not permissible and reversed the lower court’s decision to legitimize “illegal conversions by landlords to overcrowded residences without any consideration for the ensuing danger to life and health” (at 627-628) . Arrow Linen Supply Co. Inc. v Cardona (15 Misc 3d 1143[A], 2007 NY Slip Op 51128[U] [Civ Ct, Kings County 2007]) concerned a three-family house that had been cut up into 10 single room occupancy units. The tenant moved for summary judgment on the ground that the premises had become rent stabilized, but the court denied this motion, held that the illegality precluded rent-stabilized status for the premises, and granted the landlord a judgment of possession. The court noted that