RENT REDUCTION ORDERED

Second Entry Door Removal Wasn't Done in Workmanlike Manner

October 28, 2016    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services based on work done when her second apartment entrance door was removed. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced her rent. Landlord appealed and lost. The rent...

DHCR Inspector Found Rust Stains and Leaks in Garage

September 29, 2016    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on garage conditions. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent based on rust stains and leaks found in various parts of the garage...

Landlord's Rent Restoration Application Denied

September 28, 2016    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services due to vermin and bedbugs in her apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced her rent after the DHCR’s inspector found evidence of mice and...

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...