Landlord's Attorney Can Serve Deregulation Application

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord, since tenant's rent-stabilized rent was greater than $2,000 per month, and because tenant never answered the request for income certification. Tenant appealed, claiming that landlord's service of the income certification request was improper because it was served by landlord's attorney instead of landlord. The DHCR ruled against tenant. Tenant wasn't harmed by being served with the income certification request form by landlord's attorney. The DHCR notified tenant of landlord's application and sought verification of tenant's income. The deregulation of tenant's apartment was the result of the DRA's order, not service of the income certification request by landlord or landlord's attorney.

Pledge: DHCR Admin. Rev. Dckt. No. JC410078RT (8/15/96) [4-page document]