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This memorandum is uncorrected and subject to revision before
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No. 202
In the Matter of RAM I LLC,
Appellant,
v.
New York State Division of
Housing and Community Renewal,
Respondent,
et al.,
Respondent.
Lawrence D. Bernfeld, for appellant.
Martin B. Schneider, for respondent New York State
Division of Housing and Community Renewal.
Small Property Owners of New York, Inc. et al., amici
curiae.
MEMORANDUM:
The appeal should be dismissed, without costs, as moot.
The tenant having vacated the rent-controlled apartment
at issue, pursuant to a Stipulation of Settlement with
petitioner, this appeal has been rendered moot (see Matter of
Grand Jury Subpoenas, 72 NY2d 307, 311 [1988]; Matter of Hearst
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Corp. v Clyne, 50 NY2d 707 [1980]). The exception to the
mootness doctrine is not applicable here (see Wisholek v Douglas,
97 NY2d 740, 742 [2002]).
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Appeal dismissed, without costs, as moot, in a memorandum. Chief
Judge Lippman and Judges Pigott, Rivera, Abdus-Salaam, Stein and
Fahey concur.
Decided December 15, 2015
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