NYS DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL

Landlord Met Conditions for Replacing Traditional Key-Lock with Electronic Key Fob System

October 21, 2019    

Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to replace the main entrance door's metal keys with an electronic key fob system. The DRA ruled for landlord and listed 13 conditions that landlord must comply with...

Landlord Can Replace Gas Stoves with Electric Stoves

October 21, 2019    

Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to replace gas cooking stoves with electric stoves. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants claimed that landlord intentionally cut off the gas supply,...

Landlord's Eviction Papers Prove Building Had at Least Six Units

October 21, 2019    

Tenant claimed that she was rent stabilized and asked the DHCR to make a ruling on the building's status. Landlord claimed that the building contained fewer than six apartments and therefore wasn't subject to...

Tenant Whose Building Contained Seven Units Was Rent Stabilized

October 21, 2019    

Tenant asked the DHCR to decide if she was rent stabilized. Tenant claimed that the building currently contained seven units, that previously landlord combined two apartments to create one unit, and that two other...

Tenant Showed Building Had Eight Apartments Before Jan. 1, 1974

October 21, 2019    

Tenant asked the DHCR to determine whether he was subject to rent stabilization. Landlord claimed that the building contained fewer than six units. But tenant claimed that the building was constructed in 1930 and...

Two-Family House Was Illegally Altered into Two Apartments and Five Furnished Rooms

October 21, 2019    

Tenant asked the DHCR to determine whether his apartment was rent stabilized. He claimed that the building had seven dwelling units. Landlord argued that the two-family house never had seven units, and that DOB never...

Rent-Stabilized Tenant Didn't Receive 421-a Lease Riders

October 21, 2019    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in 2017. The DRA ruled against landlord because the apartment was rent regulated due to building's receipt of Real...

Rent-Stabilized Apartment Was Vacancy Deregulated in 2010

October 21, 2019    

(Decision submitted by Mary D. Milone of the Manhattan law firm of Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C., attorneys for the landlord.)

MCI Increase Granted for Roof Installation Found to Be Complete, Not Partial

October 21, 2019    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based a new roof and elevator upgrading. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and won in part. The DHCR agreed with tenants that some sections of the roof hadn't been...

MCI Increase Granted for New Garage Roof that Doubled as Courtyard

October 21, 2019    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a new garage roof that functioned as a courtyard. The DRA ruled for landlord but disallowed the costs of the garage walls and interior, foundation...

Rent-Stabilized Apartment Was Lawfully Deregulated Before June 14, 2019

October 21, 2019    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's apartment in 2016. The DRA ruled for landlord because the NY State Dept. of Taxation and Finance (DTF) verified that tenant's annual...

Tenant in 421-a Building Not Subject to Deregulation

October 21, 2019    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in 2016. Landlord advised the DHCR that the building was constructed after Jan. 1, 1974, and was rent stabilized...