Rent-Controlled Tenant's Son Is First Successor Tenant

Tenant's son sought a renewal increase in his name after tenant died. The DRA ruled for the son and approved a 20 percent vacancy increase based on a finding that the son was the second successor tenant since 1997. The son appealed and won. He claimed that tenant had been rent controlled until he died in 2010 and that the son was the first rent-stabilized tenant. The DHCR ruled for the son. There was no proof of any prior succession rights being granted to another family member.

Haggerty: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. BO220054RT (7/31/14) [3-pg. doc.]