NYS DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL

Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Son Gets Apartment After Tenant Dies

August 26, 2019    

Rent-stabilized tenant's son complained that landlord refused to offer him a renewal lease after tenant died. The DRA ruled for the son and directed landlord to offer him a renewal lease. Landlord appealed and...

Rent-Stabilized Tenant Can't Add Son to Parking Space Lease

August 26, 2019    

Rent-stabilized tenant filed a lease violation complaint. Tenant claimed that landlord refused to offer a renewal lease for parking spaces on the same terms and conditions as contained in the expiring parking space...

Rent Reduction Order Amended to Clarify Conditions Found

August 26, 2019    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in apartment services. Tenant claimed that the molding around the apartment entrance door creaked, that molding in the closet was missing, and that the closet door...

Rent Restoration Granted Based on DHCR Inspection

August 26, 2019    

Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents based on findings that there were unworkmanlike repairs done to the walls in front of the mailboxes,...

Cracked Floorboards Weren't a Minor Condition

August 26, 2019    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in apartment services based on cracked and ripped floorboards. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that the...

Handicap Access Lift Not Maintained

August 26, 2019    

Rent-stabilized tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. Tenants appealed. Although rents were reduced based on some conditions, tenants argued...

Peeling Paint Conditions in Staircase Landings Weren't Minor

August 26, 2019    

Rent-stabilized tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on various conditions. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that many of...

Landlord Can Modify Courtyard and Underground Parking Services

August 26, 2019    

Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify building-wide services at a building complex by changing the recreational area in the rear yard by constructing an underground parking facility and a recreational area...

Apartment Occupant Had No Standing to Appeal Rent Administrator's Ruling

August 26, 2019    

Landlord applied for a ruling from the DHCR that its building had been substantially rehabilitated and therefore was exempt from rent stabilization. The DRA ruled for landlord. One occupant claiming to be a tenant...

Landlord's Building Work Didn't Qualify as Substantial Rehab

August 26, 2019    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for a ruling on whether its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that the...

Deregulation Application Based on High Rent/High Income Denied

August 26, 2019    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in 2014. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. The Department of Taxation and Finance (DTF)...

Landlord's 2016 Application for Deregulation Sent Back to DRA for Reconsideration

August 26, 2019    

Landlord filed a petition for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in 2016. The DRA ruled against landlord because a vacancy had occurred in 2015 and the legal regulated rent...