Landlord Submitted No Proof Building Was Substantially Rehabbed

Landlord applied to the DHCR for a ruling that his building was exempt from rent stabilization based on a substantial rehabilitation done after Jan. 1, 1974. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Landlord didn't submit proof that DOB approved plans by an engineer or architect to gut renovate apartments and common areas of the building in accordance with a substantial rehabilitation. Landlord also submitted no permits, sign-offs, expert affidavit, Certificate of Occupancy, or DOB Letter of Completion. Landlord failed to prove that all building apartments were "newly" created or that it replaced 75 percent of the building and apartment systems, as required by DHCR Operational Bulletin 95-2.

Pena: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. FW210052RO (8/1/18) [5-pg. doc.]