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

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     IN THE MATTER OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE :  ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
     APPEAL OF                              DOCKET NO.: BC 110102-RO
                                         :  
                                            DISTRICT RENT ADMINISTRATOR'S
     THREE TOWERS ASSOCIATES                DOCKET NO.: 017172
                           PETITIONER    : 
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           ORDER AND OPINION GRANTING PETITION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
                 AND MODIFYING DISTRICT RENT ADMINISTRATOR'S ORDER

     On  March  5,  1987,  the  above-named  owner   filed   a   petition   for
     administrative review of an order issued  on  January  30,  1987,  by  the
     District Rent Administrator concerning the housing accommodation known  as
     Apartment 15-T at 269 Grand Central Parkway, Floral Park, New York.

     The Commissioner has reviewed all of the evidence in the  record  and  has
     carefully considered that portion of the record  relevant  to  the  issues
     raised by the petition for administrative review.

     On August 7, 1984 the subject tenant filed an objection to  the  apartment
     registration, claiming, among other things, that the registration filed by 
     the owner omitted, among  other  items,  an  alarm  system  as  a  service
     provided by the owner.

     In answer the owner asserted, among other things, that the intrusion alarm 
     system had never been activated.

     In  the  order  here  under  review,  the  District   Rent   Administrator
     determined, among other  things,  that  an  alarm  system  was  a  service
     provided by the owner  and  directed  that  the  registration  be  amended
     accordingly. 

     In  this  petition,  the   owner   requests   that   the   District   Rent
     Administrator's order be modified to reflect that an alarm system is not a 
     service which the owner is required to provide at  the  subject  premises,
     since it has never been installed.

     The Commissioner is of the opinion this petition should be granted.

     The  record  discloses  that  both  during  the  proceeding   before   the
     Administrator and on administrative appeal, the owner specifically  denied
     that an alarm system is a service provided by  the  owner  asserting  that
     such a system had never been installed or activated.  Based on the owner's 
     specific  denial;  the  tenant's  failure  to  submit  any   evidence   to
     substantiate the complaint and the fact that it is unusual for an owner to 
     supply an alarm system for an apartment, the Commissioner  finds  that  an
     alarm system is not a service provided by the owner to this tenant.








          DOCKET NUMBER: BC 110102-RO
     The Administrator's order is hereby modified accordingly.

     THEREFORE, in accordance with the Rent Stabilization Law and Code, it is

     ORDERED, that this petition be, and the same hereby is, granted  and  that
     the District Rent Administrator's  order  be,  and  the  same  hereby  is,
     modified as hereinabove indicated.

     ISSUED:















                                                                   
                                             ELLIOT SANDER
                                          Deputy Commissioner