The order fixes rentals in 1948 of the respondents, who are tenants in an office building, under the Albany Business Rent Control Law (L. 1948, ch. 679). The "fair value" of the property is the statutory basis for a judicial determination fixing a "reasonable rent" (§ 5). The assessed value is presumed to be fair value, but "other lawful evidence" of value is expressly made admissible.
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