Adm. Rev. Docket No: FE 420192-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

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        IN THE MATTER OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE :  ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
        APPEAL OF                              DOCKET NO.: FE 420192-RO 
                                            :  
             ETC MANAGEMENT CO.,               DISTRICT RENT ADMINISTRATOR'S
                                               DOCKET NOS.: EE 420206-OR 
                              PETITIONER    :               DA 420538-OR
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           ORDER AND OPINION DENYING PETITION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW

        On May 17, 1991, the above-named owner filed a timely  petition  for
        administrative  review  of  an  order  issued  on  April  12,   1991
        concerning t e  housing  accommodations  relating  to   the   above-
        described docket number.  

        The issue herein is whether the conditions upon which an  order  was
        issued reducing the rent have been corrected, warranting restoration 
        of the legal regulated rent.

        The Commissioner has reviewed all the evidence in the record and has 
        carefully considered that portion of  the  record  relevant  to  the
        issue raised by the petition.

        On May 25, 1990, the owner commenced this proceeding  by  filing  an
        application to restore rent based on the restoration of services.

        In its answer  filed  on  June  30,  1990,  the  tenant  denied  the
        allegations set  forth  in  the  owner's  application  or  otherwise
        asserted that services had not been restored.

        Thereafter on February  12,  1991,  an  inspection  of  the  subject
        apartment was conducted by a D.H.C.R. inspector who  confirmed  that
        services had not been restored.

        On April 12, 1991, the Administrator issued an order  based  on  the
        inspection, denying the owner's request  for  rent  restoration  and
        continuing the rent reduction in effect.

        In this petition, the owner contends in substance that repairs  were
        completed professionally in or about March 1990.

        The Commissioner is of the opinion  that  this  petition  should  be
        denied.

        The owner's petition states that services were restored in or  about

        March 1990, i.e. before the February 12,  1991  inspection  and  the
        order's issuance on April 12, 1991.  Thus, the owner's allegation is 
        belied by the report of the agency inspector who confirmed that 
        defective conditions continue to exist.

        THEREFORE, in accordance with the Rent and Eviction Regulations,  it







        Adm. Rev. Docket No: FE 420192-RO
        is

        ORDERED, that this petition be, and the same hereby is, denied,  and
        that the District Rent Administrator's order be, and the same hereby 
        is, affirmed.

        ISSUED:




                                                                      
                                        ELLIOT SANDER
                                        Deputy Commissioner