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Tenant advocates yesterday called Judge Walter Skinner's denial of a request for an injunction a major victory, and attorneys for local landowners said no decision has been reached yet on an appeal of the denial...
...amendments--which make it illegal to sell a condominium as well as to occupy one without city permission--went into effect Saturday. Skinner handed down his decision Tuesday, five days after he heard arguments in the case...
...ruling, Skinner said he did not think the 'requirement for permits represented a' "taking" of private property. He did say that provisions of the law allowing long-term tenants to purchase their apartments without a permit might violate constitutional guarantees of equal protection...
...Since Skinner delayed granting any injunction, the amendments passed in late June by the city council officially takes effect tomorrow. They make it illegal to sell an apartment as a condominium unit without a city permit; previously, only occupying the condominium units had been judged illegal...
...Skinner said he was "not impressed" with the argument that the ordinance represented an "unlawful taking" of land without compensation, but added he was at least somewhat saved by Rosenfeld's contention that the ordinance, by allowing tenants who lived in their apartments in 1979 when it took effect, to buy them as condos, might violate equal protection provisions of the Constitution...