RENT REDUCTION ORDERED

Facade Renovations Didn't Excuse Balcony and Window Conditions

July 18, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord had advised tenants in April 2012 that facade and balcony improvements...

Laundry Room Inaccessible

June 17, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on laundry room conditions. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and won. Landlord claimed that it had outsourced the laundry...

Landlord Didn't Fix Garage Ceiling Leak

June 16, 2014    

Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenants based on a garage leak condition. Landlord later applied for rent restoration based on the restoration of services. The DRA ruled...

Outside of Apartment Windows Were Dirty

May 19, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services, claiming that her bedroom and living room window screens and outside of the windows were dirty, and that there was a damaged screen in the living room due...

Landlord Must Give Tenant a Second Entry Door Key

May 16, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services because landlord wouldn't give him a second key to the building entry door. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent. Landlord appealed and lost....

Landlord Must Give Tenant Extra Key Card for Child Care Provider

May 16, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services because landlord wouldn't give her an extra key card for her child care provider. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced her rent. Landlord appealed and...

Tenant's Gas Service Cut Off

May 16, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services because he had no cooking gas. He said that Con Edison closed the gas line to his apartment after landlord damaged it during the renovation of an adjoining...

Landlord Didn't Show Inoperative Elevator Was Being Modernized

May 16, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on an inoperative elevator. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that the...

Broken Electric Outlet Not Minor Condition

May 16, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent based on a finding that an electrical outlet in tenant's bedroom wasn't working. Landlord appealed...

Landlord Didn't Cure Mouse Condition in Basement

March 24, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that there were "vermin-rats." Landlord later applied for rent restoration based on the...

Landlord Didn't Restore Vermin Control Service

March 24, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services based on a number of apartment conditions. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced her rent. Landlord later applied for rent restoration based on the...

Landlord Didn't Advise DRA of Stove Replacement

March 21, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services. DHCR inspection confirmed that the kitchen stove burners weren't self-lighting and that the apartment entry door stuck to the frame when it was being...