Tenants Claim Asbestos Removal Created Health Hazard

January 1, 1997

LVT Number: 11189

Landlord applied for MCI rent increases based on installation of a new boiler/burner and related expenses. The DRA ruled for landlord, granting the increase for the new equipment and related asbestos removal in the boiler room. Tenant appealed, claiming that the asbestos removal was done in a way that created health hazards and building violations. The DHCR ruled against tenant. Tenant should have filed a service reduction complaint for a supposed health hazard. And the building violations that tenant claimed were due to the asbestos removal occurred two years before the installation.

Landlord applied for MCI rent increases based on installation of a new boiler/burner and related expenses. The DRA ruled for landlord, granting the increase for the new equipment and related asbestos removal in the boiler room. Tenant appealed, claiming that the asbestos removal was done in a way that created health hazards and building violations. The DHCR ruled against tenant. Tenant should have filed a service reduction complaint for a supposed health hazard. And the building violations that tenant claimed were due to the asbestos removal occurred two years before the installation.

Jackman: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. No. HI930053RT (10/1/96) [2-page document]

Downloads

HI930053RT.pdf133.38 KB

Topics

More like this