DECREASE IN APARTMENT SERVICES

Rent Reduced to $1 per Month Due to Fire

August 8, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services, claiming that a fire left his apartment uninhabitable. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent to $1 per month. DRA's decision was based on a...

Master TV Antenna Broken

August 8, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on disrupted master TV antenna service. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and won. DHCR inspection had shown that there was a...

Landlord Removed Shower Stall from Tenant's Bathroom

August 8, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services. She claimed that landlord dismantled her bathroom and made it into a closet when she left the apartment keys with the building super to make repairs. The...

No Proof Tenant Caused Fire Damage to Apartment

July 15, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services after a fire damaged his apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant after inspection showed that the refrigerator side and doors were soot-damaged, the bedroom...

Landlord Transferred Heat and Hot Water Billing to Tenant

July 12, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained that landlord unilaterally transferred the cost of heat and hot water for his apartment to tenant without DHCR approval. The DRA ruled for tenant...

Landlord Replaced Floor Tiles with Tiles That Didn't Match

July 12, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services based on a number of apartment conditions. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent. The DRA's initial inspection found cracked and missing...

Landlord Who Removed Illegal Walls Must Reduce Rent

June 12, 2013    

Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify tenant's rent-stabilized apartment by removing illegal partition walls. This would revert the four-room apartment to a legal two-room apartment. The DRA ruled for...

Exhaust Fan Rattling Wasn't a Minor Condition

June 11, 2013    

Tenant complained of a reduction in services based on various conditions in his apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent based on ceiling cracks, falling plaster and stains, as well as a rattling...

Fire Didn't Cause Tenant to Vacate

June 11, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services after his second bedroom was destroyed by a fire that occurred in the apartment below. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced tenant's rent to $1 per...

Rent Reduction Based on HPD Bed Bug Violation

May 13, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained in February 2011 of a reduction in services based on bed bugs in her apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant, based on an HPD violation dated Nov. 12, 2010, finding bed bugs. Landlord...

Rent Reduced for Large Hole in Bathroom Ceiling

May 13, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced her rent. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that tenant refused to cooperate with landlord's attempts...

Landlord's Extermination Efforts Insufficient

December 11, 2012    

Tenant complained to the DHCR of a reduction in required services. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent based on vermin in the apartment. Landlord appealed, claiming that it sent an exterminator to the...