DHCR Decisions          EB 610261-RT                                  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.:                                                    EB 610261-RT                    GENNIE APPLEBAUM               by   RICHARD APPLEBAUM,            RENT ADMINISTRATOR'S                                                  DOCKET NO.:                                  PETITIONER     BG 610294-OM          ----------------------------------x            ORDER AND OPINION DENYING PETITION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW            The above-named tenant timely filed a petition for administrative          review of an order issued on December 6, 1989 by a Rent  Adminis-          trator concerning the housing accommodation, known  as  Apartment          343, 2132-8 Wallace Avenue, Bronx, New  York,  wherein  the  Rent          Administrator determined that the owner was entitled  to  a  rent          increase based on a major capital improvement (MCI).          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 petition for review.          The owner commenced this proceeding on July 24, 1987 by filing an          application for a rent increase based on a major capital improve          ment, to wit - new windows at a total cost of $187,630.00.          On September 21, 1987, the  Division  of  Housing  and  Community          Renewal (DHCR) served each tenant with a copy of the  application          and afforded the tenants the opportunity to review it and comment          thereupon.          The tenant did not file an objection to the  owner's  application          although afforded the opportunity to do so.          On December 6, 1989, the  Rent  Administrator  issued  the  order          here under review finding that the installation  qualified  as  a          major capital improvement, determining that the application          complied with the relevant laws and regulations  based  upon  the          supporting documentation submitted by  the  owner,  and  allowing          appropriate rent increases for rent controll d  and  rent  stabi-          lized apartments.                                    In her petition for administrative review,  the  tenant  requests          reversal of the Rent Administrator's order alleging that the  new          windows  are  the  owner's  responsibility  and  raising  various          service complaints about the premises.          EB 610261-RT          After careful consideration the Commissioner is  of  the  opinion          that this petition should be denied.          The Commissioner notes that this tenant  did  not  interpose  any          answer to  the  owner's  application  when  this  proceeding  was          pending before the Rent Administrator although she  was  afforded          the opportunity to  do  so.   Accordingly,  pursuant  to  Section          2529.6 of the Rent Stabilization Code, the objections she  raises          now for the first  time  on  administrative  appeal  may  not  be          considered herein,          THEREFORE, in accordance with  the  Rent  Stabilization  Law  and          Code, 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:                                                                                                                          ELLIOT SANDER                                                Deputy Commissioner