DOCKET NUMBER: EA 130379-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


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     IN THE MATTER OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE :  ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
     APPEAL OF                              DOCKET NO.: EA 130379-RO
                                         :  
                                            DRO DOCKET NO.:DE 120073
                                                           7MD 02067-Q
     TIFFOX REALTY CORP    PETITIONER    : 
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                 ORDER AND OPINION REOPENING ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
                       PROCEEDING FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION


     On January 10, 1990, the above-named petitioner-owner filed a Petition for 
     Administrative Review against orders issued on April 21, 1990 December  1,
     1989, by the District Rent Administrator, Gertz Plaza, Jamaica, New  York,
     concerning housing accommodations located at 11-25 46th Road, Long  Island
     City, New York.

     On  March  22,  1990,  the  Commissioner  issued  an  Order  and   Opinion
     dismissing the proceeding as not being filed within 35 days as  set  forth
     in Operational Bulletin 84-1.

     Subsequently the owner commenced a timely article  78  proceeding  seeking
     judicial review of the Commissioner's order of dismissal.   Thereafter  by
     letter dated July 6, 1990, the petitioner,  by  its  attorneys,  requested
     that the Commissioner's order of dismissal be reviewed  and  the  petition
     reconsidered for Administrative Review.

     In  support,  the  petitioner's  attorney's  submitted  a  copy   of   the
     Commissioner's order of dismissal to establish that the petition was filed 
     with the Division of Housing and Community Renewal on November 10, 1990.

     Based on the above, it is the opinion of the Commissioner that the  filing
     of the Petition for Administrative  y  the  owner  complies  with  thirty-
     five(35) day filing requirement of Operation Bulletin 84-1.

     Pursuant to Operational Bulletin 84-1,  the  Commissioner  may  review  an
     order where the order was the result of irregularity in vital matters such 
     as, in this instance, the  timely  filing  of  the  owner's  petition  for
     Administrative Review.










     Based on the foregoing, this  order  is  issued  pursuant  to  Operational






     DOCKET NUMBER: EA 130379-RO
     Bulletin 84-1 based on an  irregularity  in  vital  matters  in  that  the
     petitioner-owner timely filed  its  petition  for  Administrative  Review.
     Said order revokes, March 22, 1990 dismissal  and  preserved  for  further
     determination the owner's petition for Administrative Review.

     ISSUED:










                                                                       
                                                   ELLIOT SANDER
                                                 Deputy Commissioner