Daughter Proves Tenant Was Her Mother

Rent-stabilized tenant’s daughter complained that landlord refused to give her a renewal lease after tenant left the country and didn’t return to the apartment. There was no question that she had lived in the apartment with tenant for many years. But landlord questioned whether she was tenant’s daughter. The DRA ruled for the daughter and ordered landlord to give her a renewal lease. Landlord appealed and lost. The daughter didn’t submit a birth certificate, only a copy of a supposed translation of it. But this was a harmless error. The daughter stated that tenant was her mother and showed copies of lease riders dated 2001 and 2005 where tenant stated that the woman living with her was her daughter. There was also a translation of tenant’s certification of her inability to return to the U.S., which referred to the daughter.

465 East 7th Street, LLC: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. XH210056RO (12/2/09) [2-pg. doc.]