Rent Hike Revoked Based on Immediately Hazardous Violations

The DRA granted landlord's MCI rent increase application based on repiping and bathroom/kitchen modernization. Several tenants who claimed the work wasn't done in their apartments were exempted from the rent increase. Landlord appealed. Tenants also appealed for various reasons. One tenant claimed that there was a lead paint violation in her apartment. The DHCR terminated tenants' appeal, denied landlord's appeal, and revoked the MCI rent hikes. While landlord's PAR was pending, the DHCR asked landlord to submit proof that "C" violations based on lead paint conditions had been corrected and removed. The DHCR revoked the MCI increases based on landlord's failure to submit the requested information.

230 East 167th Street: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket Nos. UL610051RO, UL610129RT (4/11/14) [2-pg. doc.]