RENT REDUCTION DENIED

DHCR Can't Award Tenant Damages for Property Damage

March 12, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in required services. Tenant claimed that landlord failed to provide basic maintenance for six months in 2011, causing a loss of usable living space in the bedroom and...

Mismatched Hallway Tiles Were Minor Condition

March 12, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents based on a finding that landlord failed to maintain the sixth-floor elevator door frame....

Landlord and Tenant Settled Service Reduction Complaint

March 11, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services based on a fire in the apartment upstairs that rendered his bathroom uninhabitable. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent. Landlord appealed...

Landlord Maintained Updated Master TV Antenna

February 7, 2013    

Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services concerning laundry room washers and dryers, elevator service, elevator doors, garage/drain covers, the intercom/buzzer system, elevator leveling conditions...

Landlord Removed Floor-by-Floor Trash Collection

December 12, 2012    

Tenants complained of a reduction of building-wide services after landlord restricted garbage collection to four floors in the building. Previously, landlord had garbage containers installed for floor-by-floor...

Elevator Service Working at Time of Inspection

November 16, 2012    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that rent should be reduced because there was no elevator from March 8...

Tenant Refused Access for Repairs

April 9, 2012