Application to Modify Service Doesn't Bar Rent Reduction

Tenants complained of a reduction in services based on defective intercoms. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord pointed out that it had applied to the DHCR for permission to modify and replace the building's intercom system. Landlord had asked the DRA to hold off on deciding tenants' complaint until its service modification application was decided. But the DHCR wasn't required to do so. And landlord hadn't repaired the defective apartment intercoms, as confirmed by DHCR inspection.

Flatbush Patio LLC: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. XE210049RO (1/15/10) [4-pg. doc.]