DHCR Decisions          CC410001RT                                  STATE OF NEW YORK                      DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL                            OFFICE OF RENT ADMINISTRATION                                     GERTZ PLAZA                               92-31 UNION HALL STREET                                  JAMAICA, NY 11433          ------------------------------------x          IN THE MATTER OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE          ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW          APPEAL OF                                    DOCKET NO.: CC410001RT                    Samuel Goldstein and                    Morton Amster,                                                       RENT ADMINISTRATOR'S                                                       DOCKET NO.: BF410393S                                   PETITIONERS          ------------------------------------x            ORDER AND OPINION DENYING PETITION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW          The above-named tenants filed a timely petition for administrative          review of an order issued concerning the housing accommodations          known as 170 2nd Avenue, Apt. 15B, New York, N.Y., wherein the          Administrator denied the tenants' complaint on the basis that the          condition complained of had been corrected.            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 tenants 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 DHCR inspector.  The inspection confirmed that all windows in the          apartment were operative and none were defective.          The Rent Administrator denied the tenants' complaint on the basis          that the condition complained of had been corrected.          In the petition for administrative review, the tenants' dispute the          inspection findings but give no specifics as to the alleged defect          CC410001RT          with the windows.  The owner was served with a copy of the PAR and          responded, in substance, that the inspection findings should          control.                      After careful consideration, the Commissioner is of the opinion          that the petition should be denied.          The report of the inspection conducted on January 19, 1988, found          that the tenants provided access to the apartment and that there          were no defective windows in the apartment.          The tenants' petition does not establish any basis for modifying or          revoking the Administrator's order which determined, based on a          physical inspection, that there were no defective conditions as to          the windows for which a rent reduction was warranted.          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 the Rent Administrator's order be, and the same hereby is,          affirmed.                        ISSUED:                                                                                                                 JOSEPH A. D'AGOSTA                                             Deputy Commissioner