Tenant Didn't Respond to Deregulation Petition

(Decision submitted by Jeffrey Turkel of the Manhattan law firm of Rosenberg & Estis, P.C., attorneys for the landlord.) Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenants' rent-stabilized apartment. Landlord claimed that the monthly rent was $2,000 or more and that tenants' total annual income was greater than $250,000 for the last two years. Tenants never responded to landlord's application. The DRA ruled for landlord, and tenants appealed. They claimed that the DRA had issued a prior order denying landlord's deregulation application. The DHCR ruled against tenants. Landlord's prior application was denied in September 1995. Landlord's second deregulation application for tenant's apartment, decided in January 1996, was filed later and separately. Tenants had a responsibility to answer the second application. Their failure to respond within 60 days resulted in a default.

Weiss: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. No. KA410043RT (7/1/96) [2-page document]