Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify building services by installing a biometric fingerprint entry security system. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that the proposed system would intrude on the...
Rent-stabilized tenants of a building complex complained of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled against tenants and dismissed their complaint. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants had complained that...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of a reduction in services after landlord removed an illegal partition wall inside tenant's apartment. This reduced the number of rooms in tenant's apartment from...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify services at a rent-stabilized building by replacing gas stoves with electric ovens and stovetops. The DRA granted landlord's application. Tenants appealed and lost...
In 2009, landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify building services after IMD loft tenant became subject to rent stabilization. Landlord wished to dismantle a 75-year-old elevator that had broken down for...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify building services by eliminating a requirement that smoke and carbon monoxide detectors be installed in the building's hallways. The DRA ruled against landlord...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to substitute electric heating and cooking service for gas heating and cooking service at the building. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify building services by converting cooking service from gas to electric and to replace gas stoves with electric stoves. The DRA ruled for landlord, without any change to...
Landlord asked for DHCR approval to modify building-wide services by installing a key fob on the building foyer door. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant argued that the DRA's decision...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to remove tenant's gas stove and install an electric stove. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that landlord's application was...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify building services by replacing the building's traditional metal key entry system with an electronic key fob entrance system. The DRA ruled for landlord, based on a...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to replace the steam system supplied by Con Edison with heat and hot water from the owner's boiler/burner system. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants argued that: (a)...
