Hello all
Re:
I searched you website - but could not find what happens when you're DRIE/SCRIE Tenant with a Broken Stove
I am currently on DRIE.
1960s Broken Stove ( leaks gas from 1 of the burners)
My goal here is to make sure the Rent does NOT increase.
GOAL: I do not want to pay a rent increase for a New Stove. ( LL claims they only replace with New equipment )
One burner out of 4 is broken. I can't turn it off so the gas leaks out of it. It broke while i was cooking. Not the knob the entire shaft metal shaft broke. It spins like a top. I told the LL and they sent someone to turn off the gas in my apartment.
So now i am without a working stove. This stove has 4 burners - 1 oven of course and a broiler at the bottom.
From what read he can( should) replace with the same features as the broken one
( 4 burners, oven and Broiler). I did some research at PC Richards and i see some new models do not have a Broiler just a storage space at the bottom.
If LL brings one without a Broiler I plan to reject it since to me this is a loss of a feature that i always had all my life.
I have read the following:
1.Fact Sheet 12. aka Operational Bulletin 2016-1(Revised)
http://www.nyshcr.org/Rent/OperationalB ... o20161.pdf
2.Fact Sheet #35:
Fact sheets 12 and 35 do not address if you are DRIE Tenant in reference to a Stove.
Let me see if i got this above information right since at my age now i am not the sharpest pencil like i used to be.
A. If LL replaces with a used one i pay no rent increase ( Must have Broiler ). Claims this is not an option.
B. If LL buys a new one and i do not sign any papers given to me - That's a No rent increase for the LL. ( see except from Operational Bulletin 2016-1(Revised)) below.
except from Operational Bulletin 2016-1(Revised):
'If there was a tenant in occupancy of the apartment when the improvements were installed, then no rent increase is permitted without the tenant’s written consent to the rent increase. When the IAI is done during a vacancy, tenant consent is not required.
The word ' Improvements '. Does that include NEW Stove ?
C. LL rep told me if i buy it myself i am responsible for all repairs which of course makes
sense. If i go that route i said i want a written email from him that I can do this because
the existing 1960s Imperial Stove is a gonner. This way i have Proof that i cannot be
evicted when the new one comes and they take away the broken one to the Junk heap.
I think also applies refrigerators too.
I prefer option ' A ' and/or 'B' the LL to get it an address this issue.
My goal here is to make sure the Rent does NOT increase. Now i am on DRIE. Does DRIE exaample me from paying any increase. Operational Bulletin 2016-1(Revised) and FDact sheet does not have an example of a DRIE/SCRIE Tenants
Did i make any errors in interpreting the rules, fact sheets, etc regarding a Simple Stove.
Looking for your Professional Advice.
Thank you