Majority of Tenants Objected to Rent Restoration

May 31, 1999

LVT Number: 13305

Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. Landlord later applied to restore the rents. The DRA and DHCR ruled against landlord. Landlord appealed, claiming that the DHCR's ruling was arbitrary and unreasonable. The court and appeals court ruled against landlord. Fifty-one percent of tenants in the building objected to landlord's application for rent restoration. And a DHCR inspection showed that services hadn't been restored.

Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. Landlord later applied to restore the rents. The DRA and DHCR ruled against landlord. Landlord appealed, claiming that the DHCR's ruling was arbitrary and unreasonable. The court and appeals court ruled against landlord. Fifty-one percent of tenants in the building objected to landlord's application for rent restoration. And a DHCR inspection showed that services hadn't been restored.

Multiverse Real Estate, Inc. v. DHCR: NYLJ, p. 28, col. 4 (5/20/99) (App. Div. 1 Dept.; Sullivan, JP, Tom, Lerner, Buckley, JJ)

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