Removal of Storage Space Is Minor Condition

Rent-controlled tenant complained of a reduction in building-wide services, claiming that landlord had discontinued storage room service for tenants. The DRA ruled against tenant and dismissed the complaint. Tenant appealed and lost. The DRA correctly ruled that any reduction in storage service was de minimis--that is, minor. Rent control records from 1943 didn't list storage as an essential service. Rent control regulations also list the removal of storage space as a de minimis condition. Tenant also had no lease rider or written agreement for storage space. And there was no proof that storage space had been provided to tenant within four years before tenant complained about a reduction in services.

111-45 76th Drive: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. AT120012RT (8/29/13) [3-pg. doc.]