Building tenants brought an HP proceeding against landlord, claiming consistent lack of hot water with worsening conditions. Given the current COVID-19 pandemic, the court limited the matter to conditions alleged to...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR, requesting a rent reduction based on inadequate heat in his apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Landlord had answered the complaint, stating...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of inadequate hot water service in his apartment. In response, landlord claimed that hot water service had been restored and submitted a plumbing and heating company invoice. The DRA...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of inadequate heat and hot water in his apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent, based on an HPD violation report. Landlord appealed and lost. Due to a...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained that her apartment didn't receive adequate heat. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced her rent. Landlord appealed and lost. HPD records showed that there was an outstanding...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR that he didn't have heat or hot water in his apartment. Tenant submitted a copy of an outstanding heat and hot water violation issued by HPD. The DRA ruled for tenant...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained in March 2018 of a reduction in services based on inadequate heat and hot water. Landlord answered in April 2018 and claimed that the condition was corrected on the same day that HPD...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR that her apartment had inadequate heat and/or hot water. The DRA ruled against tenant after finding that there was no active HPD violation of inadequate heat service at...
HPD sued landlord, seeking a court order requiring landlord to provide heat and hot water after a claimed outage. HPD also sought civil penalties. Landlord argued that HPD's violation notice was defective. The...
HPD sued landlord, seeking civil penalties for failure to provide heat and hot water. Landlord didn't dispute that this was a "second season" violation but claimed that the violation notice was...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of inadequate heat in her apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced her rent. Landlord appealed and won. Landlord argued that no violation had been issued by any other agency...
Tenants complained to the DHCR of insufficient heat at the building. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents based on outstanding HPD heat violations. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord argued that the...
