Bedbugs Found in Tenant's Apartment

Nassau County tenant complained to the DHCR of a reduction in services. Tenant claimed that there were bedbugs in her apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced her rent. Landlord appealed. Landlord claimed that the municipal department of health and the department of buildings had dismissed similar complaints from tenant. Tenant also was suing landlord in court over the bedbugs. But landlord submitted no proof of these claims. Landlord's exterminator submitted a letter claiming that there were no bedbugs, but the DHCR's inspector found them in the bedrooms and living room of tenant's apartment.

9 Saint Paul's Road: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. WG710045RO (2/5/09) [2-pg. doc.]