Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Daughter Proved Succession Rights

Rent-stabilized tenant's daughter filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR in 2020 after landlord refused to offer her a renewal lease in her name. Tenant moved out in 2009, and the daughter claimed succession rights. The DRA ruled for the daughter after landlord failed to answer the complaint. Landlord appealed and lost, claiming that the DRA sent notice of the complaint to the wrong party. But the DRA sent the complaint to landlord, who was the owner of record at the time notice was sent. And the daughter submitted proof that she lived in the unit between May 1, 2007, and Nov. 1, 2009, when tenant moved out. So she had lived with tenant for at least two years and qualified for succession rights.

Astoria Towers Housing Corporation: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. JX110039RO (6/13/22)[4-pg. document]