Matter of RAM I LLC v New York State Div. of Hous. & Community Renewal, 26 NY3d 1068 (2015)

2015 NY Slip Op 09189 [26 NY3d 1068]
December 15, 2015
Court of Appeals

[*1]

In the Matter of RAM I LLC, Appellant,
v
New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, Respondent, et al., Respondent.

Argued November 18, 2015; decided December 15, 2015

Matter of RAM I LLC v New York State Div. of Hous. & Community Renewal, 123 AD3d 102, appeal dismissed.

{**26 NY3d at 1069} OPINION OF THE COURT

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 for Locals 17, 135, 257 & 608 of United Bhd. of Carpenters & Joiners of Am., AFL-CIO, 72 NY2d 307, 311 [1988]; Matter of Hearst Corp. v Clyne, 50 NY2d 707[*2][1980]). The exception to the mootness doctrine is not applicable here (see Wisholek v Douglas, 97 NY2d 740, 742 [2002]).

Chief Judge Lippman and Judges Pigott, Rivera, Abdus-Salaam, Stein and Fahey concur.

Appeal dismissed, without costs, as moot, in a memorandum.