
    [44 NE3d 221, 23 NYS3d 146]
    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
    APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
    
      Graubard Miller, New York City (Lawrence D. Bernfeld, Peter A. Schwartz and Neil P. Ritter of counsel), for appellant.
    
      
      Gary R. Connor, General Counsel, New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, New York City (Martin B. Schneider of counsel), for New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, respondent.
    
      Belkin Burden Wenig & Goldman, LLP, New York City (Robert A. Jacobs, Sherwin Belkin and Magda L. Cruz of counsel), for Small Property Owners of New York, Inc., and others, amici curiae.
   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 [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, AbdusSalaam, Stein and Fahey concur.

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