Docket Number: BG110373RO
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.: BG110373RO
RENT ADMINISTRATOR'S
DOCKET NO.: AL110052S
Dilip N. Tolat,
PETITIONER
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ORDER AND OPINION DENYING PETITION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
The above-named owner filed a timely petition for
administrative review of an order issued concerning the housing
accommodations known as 35-54 95th Street, Apt. #4B, Jackson
Heights, N.Y..
The commissioner has reviewed all the evidence in the record
and has carefully considered that portion of the record relevant to
the issues raised by the petition.
The tenant commenced this proceeding by filing a complaint
asserting that the owner had failed to maintain certain services in
the subject apartment.
In an answer, the owner denied the allegations set forth in
the complaint or otherwise asserted that all required repairs had
been or will be completed.
Thereafter an inspection of the subject apartment was
conducted by a D.H.C.R. inspector who confirmed the existence of
the following defective conditions: living room floor is water
damaged; bedroom, kitchen, bathroom ceiling and walls are leak
damaged, bedroom window pane is cracked; and bedroom radiator
cutoff valve is broken; bathroom wall tiles are broken; kitchen
sink drainpipe is broken and leaking.
The Rent Administrator directed restoration of these services
and further ordered a reduction of the stabilization rent.
In its petition for administrative review, the owner states,
in substance, that the detective conditions listed in the
Administrator's order are tenant-caused, that the tenant has not
paid rent and has no lease, and that there is a pending court case
against the tenant for overcrowding and for property damage.
Docket Number: BG110373RO
After careful consideration, the Commissioner is of the
opinion that the petition should be denied.
Pursuant to Section 2523.4 of the Rent Stabilization Code,
DHCR is required to order a rent reduction, upon application by a
tenant, where it is found that an owner has failed to maintain
required services. The owner's petition does not establish any
basis for modifying or revoking the Administrator's order which
determined that the owner was not maintaining required services
based on a physical inspection confirming the existence of
defective conditions in the subject apartment for which a rent
reduction is warranted.
The owner may file a rent restoration application if the facts
so warrant.
THEREFORE, in accordance with the Rent Stabilization Law and
Code and the Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974, it is,
ORDERED, that this petition be, and the same hereby is,
denied, and that Rent Administrator's order be, and the same hereby
is, affirmed.
ISSUED:
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Joseph A. D'Agosta
Deputy Commissioner
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