Tenants Can't Raise New Defects

Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on defective mailboxes and dirty stairways. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. Landlord later applied for rent restoration based on restoration of services. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed, complaining that the new mailboxes didn't comply with post office regulations and were installed too high. They also said that the building wasn't kept clean. The DHCR ruled against tenants. An inspection had shown that the mailboxes were in good condition and that the stairways were clean. If mailboxes were installed too high, this was a new condition. It wasn't raised in tenants' complaint.

Adderly: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. No. TC110044RT (6/15/05) [3-pg. doc.]