DHCR Decisions          Docket Number: FD-610248-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.: FD 610248-RO                                            :            GUTMAN, MINTZ, BAKER AND             DISTRICT RENT ADMINISTRATOR'S          SONNENFELDT, P.C.,                :  DRO DOCKET NOS.: EB 610116-OR                                                                DH 610040-S                              PETITIONERS   :                            ------------------------------------X                                              ORDER AND OPINION GRANTING PETITION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW,                   IN PART, AND MODIFYING ADMINISTRATOR'S ORDER        On April 22, 1991, the above-named owner filed a timely Petition for        Administrative  Review  of  an  order  issued  on  March  20,  1991,        concerning t e  housing  accommodations  relating  to   the   above-        described docket number.          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.        On February 22, 1990, the owner commenced this proceeding by  filing        an application to restore rent  based  on  the  restoration  of  all        services.        Although duly notified to do so on March 26, 1990, the tenant failed        to respond to the owner's application.        Thereafter on December 5, 1990, an inspection of the subject housing        accommodation was conducted by a D.H.C.R.  inspector  who  confirmed        that services have been restored.        On March 20, 1991, the Administrator issued an order  based  on  the        inspection finding that services have been  restored,  granting  the        owner's application, and restoring rent effective March 1, 1991.        In this petition, the owner contends that all services were restored        as of November 1989 and that the effective date of rent  restoration        should therefore not be March 1, 1991, but November 1, 1989.        The Commissioner is of the opinion  that  this  petition  should  be        granted in part and the Administrator's modified accordingly.        Administrative policy and precedent have ruled  that  the  effective        date of rent restoration should be the month following the date when        the tenant was informed of the owner's application.  In  this  case,        the tenant was notified in March 1990.  The  effective  date  should        therefore be April 1, 1990.  The effective date of the order        appealed from should be changed to reflect April 1, 1990.          Docket Number: FD-610248-RO        THEREFORE, in accordance with the Rent Stabilization Law  and  Code,        it is        ORDERED, that this petition be, and the same hereby is,  granted  in        part, and that the District Rent Administrator's order be,  and  the        same hereby is, modified in accordance with this Order and Opinion.        ISSUED:                                                                                                              ELLIOT SANDER                                        Deputy Commissioner