Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify required services at its building by replacing an existing copper wire intercom system with a telephone-based intercom system. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant...
Tenants of two adjoining buildings owned by landlord filed 16 individual service reduction complaints and two building-wide service reduction complaints with the DHCR. The complaints resulted from a DOB Vacate Order...
Rent-stabilized tenants complained to the DHCR of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents, based on conditions that included mailbox issues. Landlord later applied for...
In 1991, prior landlord of an apartment complex completely paved over most of a large courtyard area--which had contained grass, trees, benches, an ornamental fountain, play area, and other amenities--for parking...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of a reduction in building-wide services, claiming that in 2014 landlord verbally directed the concierge/doorman to stop accepting package deliveries containing electronics...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained in 2020 of a reduction in building-wide services after landlord sent him a 30-day termination notice concerning his parking spot in the building's garage. The DRA ruled for...
The DHCR's Rent Administrator opened an Administrative Proceeding to determine whether parking was a required service for rent-stabilized tenants at landlord's building. The DRA ruled that parking wasn't...
In June 2018, landlord applied to the DHCR for permission to modify services by replacing all of the building's gas cooking stoves and furnaces with electric appliances to provide the same services. Tenants...
Rent-stabilized tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services. They claimed that the elevator wasn't leveling, there were no operating smoke detectors in public areas, and that the building...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify building-wide services. The DRA ruled for landlord and granted its application to replace an existing copper wire intercom system with a telephone-based intercom...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify building services by replacing a building's metal key entry system with an electronic key fob system. The DRA ruled for landlord, as long as landlord complied with...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services, because landlord promised that her apartment would be fully ADA compliant and the bathroom toilet still wasn't handicapped accessible. The DRA ruled...
