Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify building services by changing a regular bell/buzzer intercom system to a modernized telephone intercom system. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost....
Landlord applied to the DHCR for permission to modify building-wide services by removing 28 drying racks, and installing two new drying racks in the building's laundry room. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services, based on landlord's removal of the building's intercom system. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord...
Tenant filed an Article 78 court petition to annul the DHCR's agreement with landlords that settled a noncompliance proceeding concerning trash collection. The court ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost....
Tenant complained of a reduction in services after landlord removed a "patio doorway" from tenant's apartment bedroom and replaced it with a window. Landlord pointed out that the double-hung window was...
Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on the removal of manual elevator service. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord pointed out the building contained a separate passenger elevator....
Rent-stabilized tenants in Hempstead Village complained to the DHCR of a reduciton in building-wide services, claiming that landlord hadn't maintained a community room in the building. The DRA ruled for tenants...
Tenants complained to the DHCR of harassment, claiming that landlord unilaterally added a $35 cable TV charge to tenants' monthly rents of the building's rent-stabilized tenants. Landlord settled that case...
The DRA granted landlord's application to modify building services by replacing existing gas stoves with electric stoves. The DRA determined that tenants shouldn't be burdened with the installation cost of...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to replace part-time lobby attendants with a video surveillance system. The DHCR ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed, and the court sent the case back to the DHCR for...
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) filed service reduction complaints on behalf of six rent-stabilized tenants, claiming that inspection showed that the building's central heating/hot water system had...
