DHCR Decision Revoked Because Parties Settled in Court

Tenant complained that landlord refused to offer him a rent-stabilized renewal lease. Landlord claimed that the building wasn’t rent stabilized, because it contained five apartments and a store but didn’t submit a copy of the building’s Certificate of Occupancy as the DRA requested. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to offer tenant a renewal lease. Landlord appealed and won. Landlord had sued to evict tenant in housing court. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court resolving all claims between them. The court gave landlord a judgment of possession, and tenant had moved out. This all happened six months before the DRA issued its decision. So the DRA’s decision was revoked.

715 Realty Corp.: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. CX210014RO (4/20/15) [2-pg. doc.]