DHCR Decisions          Docket No. FA430047RO                                    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.: FA430047RO                      Kreisel Co., Inc. by                    DISTRICT RENT          Rosenberg & Estis, P.C.                 ADMINISTRATOR'S DOCKET                                                  NO.: DG420483BO(BL428648BR)                                             PETITIONER          ------------------------------------X            ORDER AND OPINION DENYING PETITION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW              The above-named owner filed a timely petition for          administrative review of an order issued concerning the housing          accommodations known as 24-6 East 82nd Street, Apts. 4R, 4B, 4D,          New York, New York.              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.              The issue before the Commissioner is whether the          Administrator's order was correct.              The Administrator's order being appealed, DG420483BO was issued          on November 30, 1990.  In that order, the Administrator affirmed          the finding of BL428648BR issued June 22, 1989, that the owner be          denied eligibility for a 1988/89 Maximum Base Rent (MBR) increase,          due to the owner's failure to meet the violation certification          requirements necessary to the owner's being granted an MBR increase          specifically that the owner failed to certify that 80% of the non          rent impairing violations at the subject premises of record as of          January 1, 1987 (1 year before the effective date of the order of          eligibility) had been repaired by July 1, 1987 (six months before          the effective date), as required by section 2202.3(h) of the New          York City Rent and Eviction Regulations.              On appeal, the owner states that it "believes" that 80% of the          non rent impairing violations were corrected.              The Commissioner is of the opinion that this petition should be          Docket No. FA430047RO          denied.              The Administrator's affirmation of the denial of eligibility          was based on the results of an inspection of the subject premises          conducted on September 14, 1990 by the New York City Department of          Housing Preservation and Development (HPD).  That inspection          disclosed that fewer than 80% of the non rent impairing violations          of record as of January 1, 1987 had been repaired (The HPD          inspection was conducted over three years after the July 1, 1987          "deadline".)              THEREFORE, in accordance with the provisions of the Rent and          Eviction Regulations, it is              ORDERED, that this petition for administrative review be, and          the same hereby is, denied, and that the order of the Rent          Administrator be, and the same hereby is, affirmed.          ISSUED:                                                                                                                         Joseph A. D'Agosta                                             Deputy Commissioner