Tenant Didn't Answer Deregulation Application

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant’s rent-stabilized apartment in 2009. The DRA ruled for landlord based on tenant’s default. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that his annual household income was less than $175,000 during 2007 and 2008. But tenant never responded to either the DRA’s initial notice of landlord’s deregulation application sent in March 2014 or a later final notice sent in September 2014. The DRA maintained proof of mailing of these notices, tenant didn’t deny receiving them, and tenant didn’t explain why he failed to respond to either of the DRA’s notices. Landlord was entitled to deregulate tenant’s apartment.

Weiss: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. CW410031RT (12/7/15) [5-pg. doc.]