RENT REDUCTION ORDERED

Landlord Didn't Provide Gas Service to Tenant's Apartment

September 28, 2016    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services, claiming that cooking gas utility service wasn’t maintained in his apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant, after inspection showed that the stove was...

Landlord Sealed Chimney So Tenant Couldn't Use Fireplace

June 27, 2016    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services after landlord sealed the chimney of a working fireplace that tenant had used for 40 years. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent. Landlord...

Landlord Removed Laundry Room from Tenant's Floor

June 24, 2016    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on landlord’s removal of laundry facilities. Landlord didn’t answer the complaint and the DRA ruled for tenant and reduced...

Rusted Fire Escape Isn't a Minor Condition

June 22, 2016    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenant based on a rusted fire escape, and reduced tenant’s rent. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that...

Landlord Changed Intercom System Without Prior DHCR Approval

May 24, 2016    

Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRO ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. Landlord had converted the building intercom system from a traditional system to a phone-line system...

Tenant's Washing Machine Didn't Reduce Water Pressure in Bathroom

May 24, 2016    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services. The DRO ruled for tenant and reduced his rent based on its finding of inadequate water pressure in tenant’s bathroom. Landlord appealed and lost....

Apartment Had Smoke Damage and No Gas Service After Fire

April 26, 2016    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services. He claimed that he was forced to vacate his apartment after a fire. Landlord claimed that tenant didn’t move out and that any damage was minimal....

Tenants' Rents Reduced to $1 per Month Based on Utility Shut-Off

April 25, 2016    

Tenants complained of reductions in apartment services following a fire at the building and building-wide discontinuance of utility service by an Orange and Rockland County utility company. Landlord claimed that it...

Rent Reduced Due to Recurring Bathroom Ceiling Leak

March 23, 2016    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in apartment services based on a water leak in her bathroom and defective bathroom ceiling. Landlord claimed that tenant had filed a court proceeding about the same...

Rents Reduced for Broken Elevator

March 18, 2016    

Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services due to a non-functioning elevator. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord argued that the elevator was...

Monthly Rent Reduced to $1 After Apartment Fire

January 26, 2016    

Tenant complained of a reduction in services after a fire rendered his apartment uninhabitable. The DRA reduced tenant’s rent to $1 per month while he was displaced. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed...

Apartment Door Defective

December 18, 2015    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services based on a defective apartment entrance door. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced her rent. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that carpeting...