the court, after further submissions from the parties, to set forth a methodology for calculating rents and any overcharges consistent with the Rent Stabilization Law as interpreted by the Court of Appeals in Regina; the order of the same court and Justice, entered September 11, 2017, which, to the extent appealed from, expanded the originally certified definition of the class, should be reversed, on the law, without costs, and the [*5]class should remain as originally certified; the order of the same court and Justice, entered November 24, 2017, which granted defendant's motion for payments for interim past and ongoing use and occupancy by respondents David Blech and Margie Chassman, but declined to set the amount, and granted Blech and Chassman's cross motion for summary judgment on their claimORDER
OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.
ENTERED: JULY 23, 2020
CLERK
Footnotes

Footnote 1:Under the J-51 program, a building owner who makes qualifying improvements to its property is eligible to receive tax abatements and exemptions.

Footnote 2: The J-51 benefits ended on June 30, 2014.

Footnote 3:Although the number of class members in the originally certified class may be impacted as a result of the statutory amendments, the definition of the class should remain the same.

Footnote 4:Defendant had previously commenced a summary nonpayment proceeding against the tenants of this apartment, and the tenants answered and alleged rent overcharges. The summary proceeding was then consolidated with the class action.


