DHCR Decisions          FE 110007-RT                                  STATE OF NEW YORK                      DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL                            OFFICE OF RENT ADMINISTRATION                                     GERTZ PLAZA                               9-31 UNION HALL STREET                               JAMAICA, NEW YORK 11433          ----------------------------------x          IN THE MATTER OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE     ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW          APPEAL OF                               DOCKET NO.:                                                    FE 110007-RT                     DORITH MEGED,                RENT ADMINISTRATOR'S                                                  DOCKET NO.:                                  PETITIONER      CD 130204-OM          ----------------------------------x            ORDER AND OPINION DENYING PETITION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW            On April 30, 1991, the above-named tenant, filed a  petition  for          administrative review of an order issued on March 27, 1991, by  a          Rent Administrator concerning the  housing  accommodation,  known          as Apartment 2-F, 96-09 66th Avenue, Rego Park, 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 April 2,  1988  by  filing          an application for a rent  increase  based  on  a  major  capital          improvements, to wit  -  a  new  boiler/burner,  and  replacement          windows building-wide at a total cost of $127,490.00.          On November 17, 1988,  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 petitioning tenant was not yet in occupancy at  the  time  of          the filing of the owner's application.          On March 27, 1991, the Rent Administrator issued the  order  here          under review finding that the installations 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  stabilized  apart-          ments.            In her petition for administrative review,  the  tenant  requests          modification of the Rent Administrator's order and  alleges  that          she took occupancy on June 1, 1989 and that her lease met none of          the notice requirements imposed on the owner pertinent to pending          FE 110007-RT          MCI applications.  Attached to the petition is a copy of the ten          ant's lease.          In answer to the tenant's petition the owner states:                    Tenant is correct  and  the  increase  will  be                    removed until present lease expires.   At  that                    time the increase will  be  added  to  the  re-                    newal lease.  It is also  correct  that  tenant                    owes no retroactive rent for the MCI.                    Tenant's  present  lease  rental  is   $590.34.                    Her lease expires May 31, 1991.  She  signed  a                    one year lease and that  will  bring  her  rent                    to  $616.91.   We  shall  add  $20.76  at  that                    time, in compliance with rule that it  may  not                    be granted prior to that time.  The  new  rent,                    after  June  1,  1991  will  be  $616.91   plus                    $20.76 for a total of $637.67.          After careful consideration the Commissioner is  of  the  opinion          that this petition should be denied.          The Commissioner notes that  the  owner  has  conceded  that  the          tenant is correct in her allegation of the facts and  has  agreed          to the relief requested by the tenant.  The  Commissioner  finds,          accordingly, that there is no issue to be resolved herein.          In the attachment to the Administrator's order, it is stated,               where the application  for  this  increase  was  pending               prior to the commencement date of a vacancy  lease,  the               increase granted in this Order is  collectible  only  if               such lease contains a specific provision  regarding  the               application pending before the Division of  Housing  and               Community Renewal, the basis for  the  application,  and               that any increase  granted  pursuant  to  a  DHCR  order               would be effective during the term of the lease.          Accordingly, the Commissioner finds that  the  tenant  is  exempt          from the MCI increase for the period June 1, 1989 through May 31,          1991.          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          FE 110007-RT                                                Deputy Commissioner