OKAY TO REPLACE PART-TIME LOBBY ATTENDANTS WITH VIDEO SURVEILLANCE (SECOND DEPT). ​

The Second Department determined that the Rent Administrator's determination that a video surveillance system can be installed to replace part-time lobby attendants:

The Rent Stabilization Code provides that “[a]n owner may file an application to modify or substitute required services, at no change in the legal regulated rent, . . . on the grounds that: . . . such modification or substitution is not inconsistent with the [Rent Stabilization Law] or this Code” (9 NYCRR 2522.4[e]). A modification of services may be made if the proposed change is an “adequate substitute” … . Here, the DHCR's [New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal] determination that the Rent Administrator did not err in finding that the video surveillance system was an adequate substitute for the part-time lobby attendants was rational, and was not arbitrary and capricious … . Matter of Bazile v Rubin, 2018 NY Slip Op 06737, Second Dept 10-10-18

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