Landlord Didn't Respond to DHCR's Request for Hazardous Violation Clearance Information

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrading. The DRA ruled against landlord, based on landlord's failure to submit information required for the processing of its application. Landlord appealed and lost. The DRA notified landlord of outstanding hazardous DOB violations on Aug. 27, Nov. 2, and Dec. 21, 2021. As of the date the DRA issued its order, landlord had not responded and the violations remained on record. Landlord had submitted a Worksheet on Violation Certification in September 2019 stating that there were no outstanding "B" or "C" violations at the building with either HPD, DOB, FDNY, or ETPA. But DOB and HPD records showed the DRA that there were multiple violations still on record. The DRA sent landlord a Request for Additional Information (RFAI), but landlord never responded. In its PAR, landlord claimed that neither its office nor the office of its attorneys had received the RFAI, but the notices were properly addressed and were presumed to have been received. Moreover, with its PAR, landlord still failed to submit any documents to support its claims or submit any information warranting the requested reprocessing of landlord's MCI rent increase application.

BLDG Management Co., Inc.: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. KQ430034RO (5/30/24)[4-pg. document]