RENT RESTORED

Landlord Objects to Effective Date of Rent Restoration

March 24, 2014    

Landlord applied for restoration of rent based on the restoration of services. The DRA ruled for landlord and made the effective date of the rent restoration Jan. 1, 2013. Landlord appealed, claiming that the...

Landlord Repaired Trip Hazard on Sidewalk

March 24, 2014    

Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on a sidewalk trip hazard in front of the building. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. The DRA later granted landlord's...

Landlord Could Collect Renewal Lease Rent Upon Rent Restoration

February 17, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that tenant owed over $2,000 in back rent for the period between October 2012 and January 2013. Landlord claimed that tenant'...

Intercom Service Transferred to Doorman Station

November 14, 2013    

Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA reduced tenants' rents after finding that intercom service wasn't maintained. The DRA later granted landlord's application to restore...

Tenant Must Pay Restored Rent Even If Not Ready to Move Back into Apartment

October 14, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant's rent was reduced to $1 per month after a fire in the building resulted in a Fire Department Vacate Order in May 2008. Landlord filed an application to restore rent in October 2011 after...

Tenant Didn't Provide Access for Painting and Repairs

October 14, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced her rent based on findings that the apartment needed painting and plastering, there were water leaks in various rooms...

Heat Restored to Tenant's Apartment

September 20, 2013    

Tenant complained of a reduction in services based on lack of heat in his apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent. Landlord later applied for rent restoration based on the restoration of services....

Landlord Restored Electric Outlet for Working Stove

September 19, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced her rent, based on a finding that the electrical outlet for tenant's stove wasn't working. Landlord later...

Landlord Corrected Errors in Building Directory

August 9, 2013    

Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on intercom system defects. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents based on a finding that the intercom directory wasn't updated for...

Tenants Must Pay Retroactive Rent After Rent Restored

July 15, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. The DRA later granted landlord's application to restore rents based on a restoration...

No Proof Tenant Moved Back into Apartment After Fire

May 13, 2013    

The DRA reduced rent-stabilized tenant's rent to $1 after a fire left the apartment uninhabitable. Landlord sought rent restoration some time later, claiming that tenant and subtenant had moved back into the...

Window Sash Can't Fully Tilt

May 13, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR that a window guard installation prevented proper opening of his window. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent based on a finding that the south bedroom window...