Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in building-wide services, claiming that carbon monoxide detectors and smoke detectors on the building’s first floor weren’t maintained. The DRA ruled for...
Tenant complained of a reduction in services based on a defective apartment entry door chain guard, and window pane and sash defects. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent. Landlord appealed and won in part....
Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services based in part on failure to maintain the garbage disposal areas, which were exposed, had a noxious odor, and attracted rats and vermin. The DRA ruled for...
Rent-stabilized tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on loss of elevator service. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. Landlord appealed and won, in part. Landlord pointed...
(Decision submitted by David Hershey-Webb of the Manhattan law firm of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP, attorneys for the tenant.)
Rent-controlled tenant complained of a reduction in services after a fire on June 3, 2016, rendered her apartment uninhabitable. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced her rent to $1 per month. Landlord appealed and...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent based on landlord’s failure to maintain the building entrance door lock. Landlord appealed and lost....
In January 2006, landlord applied to the DHCR for permission to convert a building with 433 rent-regulated apartments to individual electric metering and to terminate the inclusion of the cost of electricity in...
Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on a reduction in the number of washers and dryers in the laundry room. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. The DRA later denied...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services based on roaches and mice in the kitchen and mold in the bathroom. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced her rent. Landlord appealed and lost. DHCR...
