DHCR Decisions          CF210272RO                                  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.BB410003RO                                              :    DRO DOCKET NO.37395            Milford Mgmt. Corp.,Agent for                                              Lincoln Plaza Associates,              PREMISES: 20  West  64th                                                   Street Apartment 34U                               PETITIONER     :    New York, New York 10023          ------------------------------------X                       ORDER AND OPINION TERMINATING PROCEEDING          The above-named petitioner filed a Petition for Administrative          Review of an order issued by the Tenant Objection Unit concerning          the tenant's objection to the room court registered by the owner on          the initial apartment registration statement.          The Rent Stabilization Law and Code do not contain any provisions          pursuant to which a successful challenge to the size/room count of          a housing accommodation would constitute, by itself, a basis for a          finding of overcharge or other rental violation.          Under the Rent Stabilization Code, the rent charged for a housing          accommodation may be affected by the size/number of rooms of such          accommodation only when there are Major Capital Improvement (MCI)          rent increases issued by the DHCR computed on a per room basis.          Accordingly, any  challenge  to  the  room  count  of  a  housing          accommodation will only be addressed during such proceedings where          it would directly affect the computation of the rent increase.          Accordingly, the Commissioner  is  of  the  opinion  that  it  is          unnecessary to decide the issue raised in this appeal.          This proceeding, therefore, is terminated without prejudice to the          tenant raising the issue as part  of  a  pending  or  future  MCI          proceeding in which the tenant wishes to challenge the number  of          rooms assigned to the apartment for the purpose of allocating the          MCI.          THEREFORE, in accordance with the Rent Stabilization Law and Code,          it is          BB410003RO          ORDERED, that  this  proceeding  be,  and  the  same  hereby  is,          terminated.          ISSUED:                                                                                                                                  JOSEPH A. D'AGOSTA                                                      Deputy Commissioner