Landlord asked the DHCR in 2018 for permission to modify required services for rent-stabilized tenants by removing the building's service elevator. Landlord had in fact already removed the service elevator. The...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to remove an obsolete non-fireproof rear entry door and frame from tenant's apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord, but later issued another order modifying the decision to...
Landlord applied to the DHCR in 2021 for permission to modify building-wide services by replacing the old audio-only intercom system with a new one-way audio-video intercom system. Some tenants objected to the...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for permission to modify building services for 55 rent-regulated apartments by removing the doormen and elevator operator, and substituting electronic sliding doors, a 24-hour concierge,...
Landlord asked the DHCR in 2022 for permission to modify the building's entry system by adding an electronic key fob system to supplement rather than replace metal key access, and by partially closing the use of...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to replace gas-cooking stoves with electric stoves in rent-regulated apartments at its building. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and won. Tenant argued that, because...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify services to tenant's apartment in order to seal the kitchen window of the apartment and install an exhaust system vent. The DRA ruled for landlord, provided that...
(Decision submitted by Jessi Maduro, Esq., of the Manhattan law firm of Borah Goldstein Altschuler Nahins & Goidel, P.C., who represented the landlord.)
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify doorman services at two adjoining addresses. Landlord sought to eliminate one of its two doormen and add a video security system and intercom.
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to substitute a rent-stabilized building's steam radiator/pipe heating system with electric split HVAC units in each apartment that would be wired to the building's...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify building-wide services in a rent-stabilized building by replacing a lobby attendant who worked 30 hours per week with 30 security cameras and a monitoring system. The...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord started imposing a service charge for roof deck access at its building even though this previously was a free amenity provided to all building tenants. The...
