219 East 69th Street Tenants Association v. New York State Division of Housing & Community Renewal

Contrary to petitioners’ contention, the record before DHCR permitted it to rationally and reasonably find that, other than seven apartments where defective window installations were found, the remaining apartments were subject to an MCI rent increase based on the window installations (compare Matter of Ansonia Residents Assn. v New York State Div. of Hous. & Community Renewal, 75 NY2d 206 [1989], with Matter of Weinreb Mgt. v New York State Div. of Hous. & Community Renewal, 305 AD2d 207 [2003]). DHCR providently exercised its discretion in attempting to inspect only those apartments…