NYS DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL

DHCR Must Reconsider Landlord's Substantial Rehab Claim

December 21, 2021    

Landlord asked the DHCR in 2018 for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation after Jan. 1, 1974. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Landlord...

Landlord Doesn't Prove Substantial Rehab of Building

December 21, 2021    

Landlord asked the DHCR in 2016 to determine whether its building was rent stabilized. Landlord claimed that the building was exempt from regulation due to substantial rehabilitation performed after Jan. 1, 1974....

Landlord Can Convert to Direct Electric Metering with Rent Reductions

December 21, 2021    

Landlord applied to the DHCR in 2011 for permission to modify building services in a loft building by terminating rent inclusion of electricity for tenants and changing from master metering to direct metering of...

Substantially Rehabbed Building Was Exempt From Rent Stabilization

December 20, 2021    

Landlord asked the DHCR in 2017 for a ruling on whether its building was exempt from rent regulation due to substantial rehabilitation. Landlord stated that the building was vacant when the rehab began, and that the...

Landlord Didn't Notify Rent-Controlled Tenant Before Filing Demolition Application

December 20, 2021    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for permission to demolish an eight-unit building in order to construct a two-family house. A rent-controlled tenant in the building objected, claiming that landlord wasn't acting in...

DHCR Properly Applied HSTPA Provisions to Pending MCI Rent Increase Application

December 19, 2021    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes in June 2018 based on several improvements, including elevator upgrading, a new compactor, and a new TV/security system. The DRA ruled for landlord in part in February 2021. The...

Tenant's Roof Leak Claim Raised for First Time on Appeal

December 19, 2021    

The DRA granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new roof. Tenant appealed and lost. In her PAR, tenant claimed that there were leaks and water damage in her apartment that...

HSTPA Changes Can't Be Applied Retroactively to Appeal of MCI Rent Hikes

December 19, 2021    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on facade restoration, with related engineering fees and scaffolding. The DRA ruled for landlord in 2012. Tenants appealed and won in part. Tenants then filed an Article 78...

Boiler/Burner Conversion from Oil to Gas Wasn't an MCI

December 19, 2021    

The DRA granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new boiler/burner. Tenants appealed, claiming that landlord didn't replace the old boiler/burner. Instead, landlord...

Did Co-op Reserve Fund Usage Bar MCI Rent Hike?

December 19, 2021    

Landlord, a co-op corporation, filed an MCI rent increase application based on installation of a new burner. The DRA ruled against landlord because landlord indicated that the full cost of the burner was paid for...

Project-Based Section 8 Tenant's Son Can't File Succession Claim with DHCR

November 22, 2021    

An apartment occupant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to give him a renewal lease after tenant, his mother, died in May 2018. The son submitted copies of his birth certificate, death certificate, NY...

Tenant's Granddaughter Gets Rent-Stabilized Apartment

November 22, 2021    

Rent-stabilized tenant's granddaughter claimed succession rights and complained that the landlord refused to offer her a renewal lease after tenant died in October 2018. Landlord responded that it had commenced...