Landlord's Four-Year Rent History Was Incomplete
LVT Number: #25940
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $15,000, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that the overcharge wasn't willful. But landlord submitted rent history records going back only two years when it answered tenant's complaint because it didn't obtain any prior records from the prior landlord. And landlord didn't reduce tenant's rent during its time to respond to the overcharge complaint. So triple damages were properly imposed. [For a PDF of the decision, click here.]
Mel Service, Inc.: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. CS610043RO (11/17/14) [3-pg. doc.]
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