
    In the Matter of Association of Commercial Property Owners, Inc., et al., Petitioners, and Eliahu Lipkis, Appellant, v New York City Loft Board et al., Respondents.
    Argued March 21, 1988;
    decided April 21, 1988
    
      APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
    
      Paul A. Crotty and Mordechai Lipkis for appellant.
    
      Peter L. Zimroth, Corporation Counsel (Kristin M. Helmers and Stephen J. McGrath of counsel), for respondents.
   OPINION OF THE COURT

Order affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the opinion by Justice Leonard H. Sandler at the Appellate Division (118 AD2d 312).

Concur: Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Kaye, Alexander, Titone, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa.  