RENT REDUCTION ORDERED

Landlord Removed Gas Stove from Tenant's Apartment

November 15, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services because landlord failed to maintain a gas stove in his apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord...

Landlord Discontinued Security Guard Service

November 14, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services, claiming that security guard service at the building had been reduced and later eliminated. The building was an 81-unit senior citizen...

Landlord Discontinued Electrical Inclusion Without Permission

October 15, 2013    

Sixty-nine tenants, rent stabilized and rent controlled, complained of a reduction in building-wide services because landlord discontinued electrical inclusion without prior permission from the DHCR. The DRA ruled...

Intercom Audio Defective

October 15, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on defective intercom service. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. Landlord appealed and lost. The DHCR's inspector...

Broken Window Wasn't Minor Condition

October 15, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services. The DRA ruled for tenant based on the condition of tenant's living room window. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that it had made repairs...

Intercom Volume Level Too Low

October 12, 2013    

Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on a number of conditions. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. Landlord appealed, disputing many of the DRA's findings. The DHCR...

Refrigerator Sinking Through Weak Floor

September 20, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced her rent. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed no rent reduction was warranted because it responded to tenant...

Landlord Discontinued Electrical Inclusion Without DHCR Approval

September 18, 2013    

(Decision submitted by David Hershey-Webb of the Manhattan law firm of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph, attorneys for the tenants.)

Rent Reduced to $1 per Month Due to Fire

August 8, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services, claiming that a fire left his apartment uninhabitable. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent to $1 per month. DRA's decision was based on a...

Master TV Antenna Broken

August 8, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on disrupted master TV antenna service. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and won. DHCR inspection had shown that there was a...

Landlord Removed Shower Stall from Tenant's Bathroom

August 8, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services. She claimed that landlord dismantled her bathroom and made it into a closet when she left the apartment keys with the building super to make repairs. The...

No Proof Tenant Caused Fire Damage to Apartment

July 15, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services after a fire damaged his apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant after inspection showed that the refrigerator side and doors were soot-damaged, the bedroom...