Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on a number of conditions. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. Landlord appealed and won in part. The DRA erred by including “...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services, claiming that she had no use of the stove and oven in her apartment because there was no gas service. The DRA ruled against tenant, after inspection found...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services because there was no lock on the entrance door to his apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent. Landlord appealed and won. Landlord pointed...
Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services. Tenants complained of dirty hallway carpeting, frequent elevator breakdowns, reduction in 24-hour security service, reduction in the size of the community...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services based on a broken entrance door lock and a broken air conditioner. The DRA found these to be emergency conditions and directed landlord to respond...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services, claiming that his refrigerator wasn’t working properly. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding nothing wrong with the refrigerator. Tenant appealed...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in service. The DRA ruled against tenant and dismissed her complaint. Tenant appealed and lost. Landlord presented an invoice showing that it had replaced kitchen...
Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on interruptions in elevator service. The DRA ruled against tenants after inspection showed that the two elevators were working. Tenants appealed and...
Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services. They said that the building super didn’t make needed repairs as requested and that landlord had refused to perform repairs in their apartment. They...
Tenants complained of a reduction in apartment services, including a TV antenna and antenna jack. Landlord claimed that this wasn’t a required service. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rent. Landlord...
Tenant complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on elevator service problems. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no reduction in services. Tenant appealed and lost. The DHCR’s one-time...
Tenant complained of a reduction in services. Tenant claimed that her apartment door was defective because there were three missing “bumpers” from the apartment door frame, and there was a gap between the...
