DHCR Petition for Administrative Review (PAR) Decisions
In 1994, under pressure from tenant advocates, DHCR released approximately 6,000 PAR decisions. After Governor Pataki took office in 1995, DHCR refused to release other decisions in bulk. These decisions generally cover the 1990-1994 period and in many cases do not reflect current law or DHCR practice. The reader is cautioned to be aware of changes to the Rent Stabilization Law, the Rent Stabilization Code and DHCR practice since 1994. Also this database does not include all decisions prior to 1994 as DHCR intentionally withheld many decisions for unknown reasons.

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          ADM. REVIEW DOCKET NO.: EA420058RT
                                  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.: EA420058RT 

                                                  DISTRICT RENT
                                                  ADMINISTRATOR'S DOCKET
                                                  NO.: CH420028BT(BL426040BR)  
                                                  
            CHARLES H. KELLY                      PREMISES: 321 West 11th    
                                                  Street, Apt. 1RE, New York,  
                                                  N.Y.
                                   PETITIONER
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                      ORDER AND OPINION TERMINATING PROCEEDING

               On January 16, 1990, the above-named tenant filed a Petition 
          for Administrative Review (PAR) against an order issued on December 
          29, 1989 by the Rent Administrator of the Rent Office located at 
          Gertz Plaza, Jamaica, N.Y.

               On appeal the tenant states:  "Attached are court papers.  The 
          owner has not cured court order but has reduced (sic) rent $8.00."  
          The tenant attaches various documentation to his appeal.

               The Commissioner is of the opinion that this proceeding should 
          be terminated.

               The tenant on appeal has not stated an objection to the 
          Administrator's order being appealed herein, CH420028BT.  In that 
          order the Administrator granted the owner eligibility to raise MBRs 
          at the subject premises for the 1988/89 cycle.

               An examination of the record discloses that the proceeding 
          under docket #CH420028BT was initiated by the tenant's Challenge to 
          Administrator's order #BL426040BR, said order granting the owner 
          eligibility.  The Commissioner notes that, at Challenge the 
          tenant's only objection to the grant of eligibility was the room 
          count of his apartment.  In the order issued under CH420028BT, the 
          Administrator, in addition to affirming the owner's eligibility to 
          raise 1988/89 MBRs at the subject premises enclosed a form for the 
          tenant to fill out relative to the room count issue.
















          ADM. REVIEW DOCKET NO.: EA420058RT

               The documents submitted by the tenant on review (the "court 
          papers") consist of an Order and Notice of Violation issued by New 
          York City Housing Court on July 1, 1987 along with a Civil Court 
          "Request for Inspection" form similarly dated, as well as a "Report 
          of New Violations" form dated June 17, 1987.

               The Commissioner notes that, to obtain eligibility to raise 
          MBRs at the subject premises for 1988/89 the owner was only 
          responsible for the clearance of violations of record as of January 
          1, 1987 and not for any disclosed by later inspections.  The 
          Commissioner is of the opinion that the Administrator was correct 
          in determining that the owner had cleared violations in a manner so 
          as to gain it eligibility.

               THEREFORE, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 403, 
          Laws of 1983, as amended, it is

               ORDERED, that this Administrative Review proceeding be, and 
          the same hereby is, terminated.

          ISSUED:




                                                                            
                                             JOSEPH A. D'AGOSTA
                                             Deputy Commissioner    
    
   

The New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) is the state agency that administers the Rent Stabilization and Rent Control systems. DHCR has jurisdiction over many aspects of the landlord-tenant relationship, including the legal rent, the providing of various services and complaints of landlord harassment. In addition, landlords are able to apply to DHCR for increases in rent based on Major Capital Improvements or for other reasons.

Tenants and Landlords may initiate proceedings by filing complaints or applications with DHCR. After the agency collects evidence from both the tenant and landlord, it renders a decision by the District Rent Administrator (DRA) -- sometimes referred to as the District Rent Office (DRO).

Either party may then appeal the decision at the agency level by filing a Petition for Administrative Review (PAR) within 35 days. A PAR decision -- or sometimes called a Commissioner's Decision -- represents the final decision of the agency before parties may appeal in the state courts.

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