Outstanding Harassment Finding

The DRA denied landlord's application for 1988-1989 MBR increases because the DHCR had placed harassment findings on the building in 1985. Landlord appealed, and the DHCR denied landlord's PAR. The rent control regulations give the DHCR discretion to deny MBR increases if there's an outstanding finding of harassment. It was reasonable for the DRA to deny the MBR increases in this case; landlord submitted no proof showing that the DHCR's finding of harassment had been removed for the time period in question.

243 East 36th Street: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. No. EJ 420230-RO (3/31/93) [3-page document]