Ordered that on the court's own motion, the notices of appeal are deemed to be applications for leave to appeal (see, CPLR 5701 [c]) and that said applications for leave to appeal are referred to Justice Rubin; and it is further,
Ordered that leave to appeal is granted by Justice Rubin; and it is further,
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, the determination is confirmed, and the proceeding is dismissed on the merits, without costs or disbursements.
The appellant Commissioner of the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, Office of Rent Administration, has interpreted the relevant regulations (see, 9 NYCRR 2510.2 [b]; 2510.7 [d]) to provide that there is no discretion to excuse the failure of a party who is seeking administrative review of an order issued by a District Rent Administrator to file a petition for administrative review within 33 days of the order sought to be reviewed (see, 9 NYCRR 2510.2 [b]). Since this construction of the subject regulations is not irrational, it must be upheld (see, e.g., Matter of Bernstein v Toia, 43 N.Y.2d 437, 448, rearg denied 43 N.Y.2d 950; Matter of Howard v Wyman, 28 N.Y.2d 434, 438, rearg denied 29 N.Y.2d 749; Town of Islip v Williams, 126 A.D.2d 276). The court impermissibly substituted its construction of these regulations for that of the appellant Commissioner. Since we uphold the Commissioner's interpretation of the above regulations, and since it appears that the petitioner failed to file its petition for administrative review within 33 days of the issuance of the order of the District Rent Administrator, the order under review should be reversed, and the petition dismissed, on the merits. Bracken, J.P., Rubin, Eiber and Spatt, JJ., concur.