Letter Doesn't Count as PAR

LVT Number: 13505

The DRA issued an order reclassifying tenant's apartment as rent-stabilized, rather than rent-controlled. The DRA also reduced tenant's rent by one rent guidelines increase. Landlord appealed. The DHCR ruled against landlord because landlord's PAR was filed six months after the DRA's order was issued. Landlord appealed and lost. By law, an appeal by PAR of a DRA order must be filed within 35 days. Landlord wrote two letters to the DHCR before filing its PAR. But letters don't count as PARs. The DHCR properly dismissed landlord's appeal, since it was filed too late.

The DRA issued an order reclassifying tenant's apartment as rent-stabilized, rather than rent-controlled. The DRA also reduced tenant's rent by one rent guidelines increase. Landlord appealed. The DHCR ruled against landlord because landlord's PAR was filed six months after the DRA's order was issued. Landlord appealed and lost. By law, an appeal by PAR of a DRA order must be filed within 35 days. Landlord wrote two letters to the DHCR before filing its PAR. But letters don't count as PARs. The DHCR properly dismissed landlord's appeal, since it was filed too late.

Boulevard Tenants Corp. v. DHCR: NYLJ, p. 32, col. 1 (8/23/99) (App. Div.2 Dept.; Bracken, JP, Thompson, Sullivan, Friedman, Florio, JJ)