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DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIR’S DETERMINATION WAS AFFECTED BY AN ERROR OF LAW WHICH RESULTED IN A MISINTERPRETATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, DETERMINATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANNULLED.

The Second Department determined that the imposition of a fine by the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) was improper because the fine was based upon a misinterpretation of a provision of the NYC Administrative Code. The Article 78 petition seeking annulment of the DCA’s determination should have been granted:

Here, the DCA’s determination was affected by an error of law, since its interpretation of the Administrative Code provision which the petitioner was charged with violating was unreasonable … . The Administrative Code provision at issue provides, in relevant part: “Any person requesting application information from a prospective tenant or tenants shall post a sign . . . in any location at which the principal purpose is conducting business transactions pertaining to the rental of residential real estate properties” (Administrative Code § 20-809[a]). It was undisputed by the respondents that the petitioner’s business concerned sales of real estate properties, although the petitioner admitted to handling one or two residential rentals per year. Under these circumstances, the petitioner correctly argued that the Administrative Code provision was inapplicable to it because it did not have a “location at which the principal purpose is conducting business transactions pertaining to the rental of residential real estate properties” (id.). Matter of Arash Real Estate & Mgt. Co. v New York City Dept. of Consumer Affairs, 2017 NY Slip Op 02416, 2nd Dept 3-29-17

 

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