DHCR Decisions          ADM. REVIEW DOCKET NOS.: CA 210087 RT ET AL.                                  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 NOS.:                                                                 CA 210087 RT; CA 210088                                                     RT; CA 210095 RT; CA                                                         210096 RT; CA 210097 RT;                                                 CA 210098 RT; CA 210099 RT                                              :                                                 RENT ADMINISTRATOR'S                                                         DOCKET NO.:                                                                 BG 210068 OR                           VARIOUS TENANTS                                                                                                                                                                                                PETITIONERS     :          ------------------------------------X                                      .ORDER AND OPINION DENYING TENANTS' PETITIONS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE                                       REVIEW               The above-referenced petitioner tenants filed timely Petitions          for Administrative Review (PARs) appealing orders issued on          December 4, 1987 by the Rent Administrator at Gertz Plaza, Jamaica,          New York, concerning the housing accommodations known as 94-06 34th          Road, Queens, New York, wherein the Administrator determined the          owner's application to restore rents previously reduced under          Docket No. AI 230067 B.               The challenged orders granted the owner's rent restoration          applications based on the results of an inspection conducted on          October 30, 1987 that revealed that the owner had completed repairs          to all public area windows and to the sidewalk concrete.  The          tenants' rents had been reduced for these conditions in an order          under Docket No. AI 230067 B dated June 19, 1987.               On appeal, the tenants, in basically identical petitions,          claim that the sidewalk repairs were not completed in a manner that          satisfied Building Code regulations, and that cracks are visible on          the surface.            ADM. REVIEW DOCKET NOS.: CA 210087 RT ET AL.               The Administrator rendered his determination based on the          report of an agency inspector, who was not a party to the          proceedings, and not an adversary to the tenants.  Consequently,          his impartial observations were given substantial weight.                 Moreover, the tenants failed to submit any evidence to          substantiate their bare claim that the sidewalk repairs were not          completed in a workmanlike manner.  Consequently, there is no          warrant to reconsider the Administrator's determination to restore          rents.                 THEREFORE, in accordance with the provisions of the City Rent          Control Law, the Rent and Eviction Regulations, and the Rent            Stabilization Law and Code, it is               ORDERED, that the tenants' petitions be and the same hereby          are denied, and that the Administrator's orders be and the same          hereby are affirmed.          ISSUED:                                                                                                                  JOSEPH A. D'AGOSTA                                          Acting Deputy Commissioner