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New York Real Estate Law Reporter

April 2007

Units an Owner Can Recover for Self

No Limit, Says Court

By Jeffrey Turkel

The First Department’s recent decision in Pultz v. Economakis, N.Y.L.J., Feb. 22, 2007, at 18, col. 1, has garnered a remarkable amount of press coverage for what is a fundamentally unremarkable case. The decision primarily stands for the humble proposition that a court must interpret a statute in accordance with its clear and unambiguous language. Nevertheless, the First Department’s steadfast defense of an owner’s right to recover one of more apartments for his or her own personal use merits further analysis.

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