RENT REDUCTION ORDERED

Landlord Transferred Heat and Hot Water Billing to Tenant

July 12, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained that landlord unilaterally transferred the cost of heat and hot water for his apartment to tenant without DHCR approval. The DRA ruled for tenant...

Many Public Areas in Building Were Defective

July 12, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on defective windows in various public areas of the building. Tenants stated that windows in the hallways, staircase landings, and...

Landlord Replaced Floor Tiles with Tiles That Didn't Match

July 12, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services based on a number of apartment conditions. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent. The DRA's initial inspection found cracked and missing...

Landlord Who Removed Illegal Walls Must Reduce Rent

June 12, 2013    

Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify tenant's rent-stabilized apartment by removing illegal partition walls. This would revert the four-room apartment to a legal two-room apartment. The DRA ruled for...

Landlord Took Away Tenant's Garage Parking Space

June 11, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services based on landlord's unilateral termination of tenant's access to an assigned garage parking space. Tenant had occupied the parking space for 25...

Exhaust Fan Rattling Wasn't a Minor Condition

June 11, 2013    

Tenant complained of a reduction in services based on various conditions in his apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent based on ceiling cracks, falling plaster and stains, as well as a rattling...

Fire Didn't Cause Tenant to Vacate

June 11, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services after his second bedroom was destroyed by a fire that occurred in the apartment below. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced tenant's rent to $1 per...

Rents Permanently Reduced for Loss of Garage Parking

May 16, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents, finding that landlord's demolition of parking garages that had previously been used...

Permanent Rent Reduction for Elimination of Storage Closets

May 14, 2013    

Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to eliminate hallway storage closets in a rent-stabilized building. The DRA ruled for landlord on condition that landlord permanently reduce tenants' rents by...

Rent Reduction Based on HPD Bed Bug Violation

May 13, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained in February 2011 of a reduction in services based on bed bugs in her apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant, based on an HPD violation dated Nov. 12, 2010, finding bed bugs. Landlord...

Rent Reduced for Large Hole in Bathroom Ceiling

May 13, 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 that tenant refused to cooperate with landlord's attempts...

Landlord Didn't Restore Hallway Carpets to Clean Condition

April 16, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. Landlord later sought the restoration of rents based on the claimed restoration of...