NYS DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL

PAR Sent by Fed Ex More Than 35 Days after DRO Order Issued Was Dismissed as Untimely

July 22, 2024    

Tenant filed a PAR to appeal a DHCR Rent Administrator's order issued on May 19, 2022. The DHCR dismissed the PAR because it was filed more than two years after the DRA's order was issued. Tenant claimed that...

Landlord Didn't Document Sub Rehab or Show Building Was 80% Vacant Before Work Began

July 22, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation of the building that took place after Dec. 31, 1973. The DRA ruled against landlord...

Landlord Didn't Prove Apartment Was Vacancy Deregulated in 2013

July 22, 2024    

Tenant complained to the DHCR of a reduction in required services. In response, landlord claimed that the apartment had been vacancy deregulated and wasn't subject to rent stabilization. The DHCR then opened a...

Sixth Apartment Added to Pre-1974 Building Made Building Subject to Rent Stabilization

July 22, 2024    

The DHCR issued an order on June 10, 2022, finding that tenant's apartment was subject to rent stabilization. Landlord filed an Article 78 court appeal of the DHCR's decision, and the case was sent back to...

DHCR Reopens MCI Application for Consideration of BPD Under Reasonable Cost Schedule

June 25, 2024    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a Reduced Pressure Zone (RPZ) backflow prevention device (BPD). The DRA ruled against landlord because it failed to submit a waiver request in connection...

Landlord Didn't Address Pending Violations in Response to DRA Inquiries

June 25, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new roof, brickwork, and a backflow prevention device. The DRA ruled against landlord based on its failure to address class 1 and 2 ECB...

MCI Application Proceeding Reopened for Landlord to Submit Reasonable Cost Waiver Request

June 25, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a Reduced Pressure Zone (RPZ) backflow prevention device. The DRA ruled against landlord based on landlord's failure to submit a waiver...

DHCR Finds No Merit to Tenant Objections to MCI Rent Increases

June 25, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a water heater supplier and installer. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants made a number of claims that the DHCR...

MCI Increase Denied for Boiler Replacement Using #4 Fuel Oil

June 25, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on an elevator upgrade and boiler installation. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, granting rent increases only for the elevator work. Since the replacement...

Lobby/Vestibule Renovations Don't Qualify for MCI Rent Hikes

June 25, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes. The DRA ruled in part for landlord, granting an increase for building entrance doors but disallowing claimed costs related to new stone flooring and saddle, new lobby...

No MCI Increase for Fuel Tanks Where Landlord Didn't Submit Waiver Request

June 25, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of two fuel oil tanks. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. When landlord filed its application in 2021, fuel tanks weren't...

MCI Increase Denied Where 35% or Fewer of Building Apartments Were Rent Regulated

June 24, 2024    

Landlord applied in November 2018 for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new boiler. The DRA ruled against landlord in November 2019 because fewer than 35 percent of the building's tenants were rent...