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Posted by TenantNet on April 08, 1997 at 12:12:55:

In Reply to: Toilets posted by Riviera Tenants Association on April 08, 1997 at 10:51:57:

: What is the story with new totilets being installed. Old ones
work well, they are the flushometer type. Can landlord force the
tenants to accept them. They are saying it is a "City Law". We
understand that there have been serious accidents with them
where people got hurt. They're only giving us 2 days notice of
installation.

I'm glad you asked that question as we are currently working on
a new section for the web site dealing with this issue. We hope it will
be up by next week. In short, it is not a "city law" and it is
not mandatory no matter what your landlord says and you should
let your tenants know that. DHCR has issued an intimidation letter
but we advise tenants to ignore that as we believe it would never hold
up in court. It is a voluntary program designed for water conservation --
a good issue, yes, but not mandatory, and yes, people have had problems
with the toilets. If you need further info sooner, email us at
tenant -at- tenant.net.

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: : What is the story with new totilets being installed. Old ones 
: work well, they are the flushometer type. Can landlord force the 
: tenants to accept them. They are saying it is a "City Law". We 
: understand that there have been serious accidents with them 
: where people got hurt. They're only giving us  2 days notice of 
: installation. 

: I'm glad you asked that question as we are currently working on
: a new section for the web site dealing with this issue. We hope it will
: be up by next week. In short, it is not a "city law" and it is
: not mandatory no matter what your landlord says and you should
: let your tenants know that. DHCR has issued an intimidation letter
: but we advise tenants to ignore that as we believe it would never hold
: up in court. It is a voluntary program designed for water conservation --
: a good issue, yes, but not mandatory, and yes, people have had problems
: with the toilets. If you need further info sooner, email us at
: tenant -at- tenant.net.


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