DHCR Decisions          Docket No.: CA 220237-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.: CA 220237-RO                                                  DISTRICT RENT          Antoinette Longo,                       ADMINISTRATOR'S DOCKET                                                  NO.: 2AF-22004-OE                                             PETITIONER          ------------------------------------X            ORDER AND OPINION DENYING PETITION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW              On January 21, 1988, the above named petitioner-landlord filed          a Petition for Administrative Review against an order issued on          December 29, 1987, by the District Rent Administrator, at Gertz          Plaza, Jamaica, New York, concerning housing accommodations known          as Apartment (top floor) at 315 Degraw Street, Brooklyn, New York,          wherein the District Rent Administrator determined that the subject          tenant had occupied his rent control apartment for over twenty (20)          years and therefore was exempt from Eviction Regulations.              The issue in this appeal is whether the twenty years occupancy          exemption from eviction is applicable.              The applicable section of the Rent and Eviction Regulation is          Section 2204.5.              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 administrative appeal.              The owner (Antoinette Longo) commenced this proceeding by          filing an application on May 22, 1986 for eviction of a rent          control tenant for owner-occupancy.              The tenant answered that she has been lliving in the subject          apartment for over eighteen years at the time at the application.              A hearing was held at DHCR Offices located at Gertz Plaza on          October 6, 1987, "to determine it the owner seeks in good faith and          has an immediate and compelling necessity to obtain a certificate          at eviction.              At said hearing documentary evidence was submitted establishing          Docket No.: CA 220237-RO          that the tenant has been in occupancy since December 7, 1967.              Accordingly, on December 29, 1987 the District Rent          Administrator issued his order denying the owner's application for          eviction of the tenant due to the tenant having established proof          of twenty years of apartment occupancy.              Rent control statute which prevents landlord from evicting          twenty (20) years in possession tenant to recover possession for          personal use or use of immediate family applied when tenant in          possession reached 20-year milestone.  Accordingly rent          administrator  was correct in denying landlord's application for          certificate of eviction. Mc Murray Vs DHCR, 1988, 72 NYC 2d 1022)              The Commissioner is at the opinion that the owner's petition          should be denied.              THEREFORE, in accordance with the Rent Control Law and Eviction          Regulations, it is              ORDERED, that this petition be, and the same hereby is, and the          District Rent Administrator's order be, and the same hereby is          affirmed.          ISSUED:                                                                                                                         Joseph A. D'Agosta                                             Acting Deputy Commissioner