Opinion
Argued March 21, 1989
Decided April 27, 1989
Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, Arthur W. Lonschein, J.
Richard Hartzman and Dennis B. Hasher for appellant.
Richard M. Creditor for respondents.
Order insofar as appealed from affirmed, with costs, and certified question answered in the affirmative for the reasons stated in so much of the memorandum at the Appellate Division as related to the issue of rent reduction ( 140 A.D.2d 351).
Concur: Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA. Taking no part: Judge KAYE.