DHCR Decisions          BA 420240 RO                                  STATE OF NEW YORK                      DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL                            OFFICE OF RENT ADMINISTRATION                                     GERTZ PLAZA                               92-31 UNION HALL STREET                              JAMAICA, NEW YORK   11433          ----------------------------------X          IN THE MATTER OF  THE  ADMINISTRATIVE      ADMINISTRATIVE  REVIEW          APPEAL OF                               DOCKET NO. BA 420240 RO                     ARTHUR ZABARKES,                                                  D.R.O DOCKET NO.: LC 000009-OH                                  PETITIONER          ----------------------------------X                                                    ORDER AND OPINION REMANDING PROCEEDING ON APPEAL          On January 26, 1987 the  above-named  petitioner-owner  filed  an          Administrative Appeal against orders issued on December 22,  1986          by the District Rent  Administrator,  92-31  Union  Hall  Street,          Jamaica New York, concerning the housing accommodations known  as          444 East 52nd Street, New  York,  New  York,  Various  Apartments          wherein the District Rent Administrator  determined  the  owner's          hardship application.          The Administrative Appeal is being  considered  pursuant  to  the          provisions of 9 NYCRR 2202.8.          The Commissioner notes that in a related proceeding under  Docket          Numbers SJR 5481, EI 430186 RO and EI 420141 RT,  also  involving          an application for hardship rent increases for the subje t  rent-          controlled apartments,  the  Commissioner  issued  an  order  and          opinion on July 15, 1991 remanding the proceeding to the District          Rent  Administrator  for  a  further  accounting   review.    The          contentions made by  the  owner  in  said  administrative  review          proceeding  are  similar  to  those  asserted  in   the   instant          proceeding.          It is the opinion of the Commissioner that the instant proceeding          should  be  remanded  to  the  District  Rent  Administrator  for          consolidation with the proceeding remanded pursuant to the  order          of July 15, 1991 and for appropriate further consideration.          THEREFORE, in accordance with the  provisions  of  the  Rent  and          Eviction Regulations for New York City, it is          ORDERED, that this administrative appeal be, and the same  hereby          is, granted to the extent of remanding  this  proceeding  to  the          District Rent Administrator for further processing in  accordance          with this order and opinion.  The orders  of  the  District  Rent          Administrator remain in full force and effect  until  new  orders          are issued on remand.          BA 420240 RO          ISSUED:                                                  ------------------------                                                  ELLIOT SANDER                                                  Deputy Commissioner