Loss of Storage Space Is Minor Condition

(Decision submitted by Robert H. Gordon of the Manhattan law firm of Shaw & Binder, attorneys for the landlord.) Tenants complained of a reduction in services based on the elimination of storage space. The DRA ruled against tenants, finding that this was a minor change in service that didn't warrant a rent reduction. Tenants appealed and lost. None of tenants' leases said that storage space would be provided. And tenants can't claim that they were denied a right to a hearing when they didn't appear at the hearing held by the DRA.

Various Tenants of 166 Second Ave.: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. No. OE430014RT (9/17/03) [3-pg. doc.]