DHCR Decisions          ADM. REVIEW DOCKET NO.: EB120319RT                                  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.: EB120319RT                                                  DISTRICT RENT                                                  ADMINISTRATOR'S DOCKET              DELIA ARVANITAKIS                   NO.: DD120039BT                                                       (BL126447BR)                                   PETITIONER          ------------------------------------X            ORDER AND OPINION DENYING PETITION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW               The above-named tenant filed a timely petition for          administrative review of an order issued concerning the housing          accommodations known as 48-18 48 Street, Queens, N.Y. 11377, Apt.          2-F.               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, DD120039BT was          issued on February 2, 1990.  In that order, the Administrator          affirmed the finding of BL126447BR.  On appeal, the tenant contends          that a rent reduction order was outstanding against the subject          premises as of the effective date of the Administrator's order          under review herein, and as such, the owner was barred from          collecting MBR increases for 1988/89.               The Commissioner is of the opinion that this petition should          be denied.               The fact that there is a rent-reducing order outstanding          against the subject premises does not bar the owner of those          premises from eligibility to raise MBRs.  The owner is, however          barred from collecting the MBR increase pending the issuance of an          order of rent restoration, at which time the MBR increase becomes          collectible prospectively only.          ADM. REVIEW DOCKET NO.: EB120319RT               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