No Indicia of Rent Fraud Bars Reviewing Rent History Back to 1993

LVT Number: #33303

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent in 2022. Tenant had lived in the unit since 1997. Among other things, he claimed fraudulent rent overcharge, and asked the court for permission to conduct pretrial questioning going back to 1993 to review irregularities in the apartment's rent history. The court ruled against tenant since tenant's fraudulent overcharge claim was based on many factors and irregularities that could be found in the DHCR rent history and in other publicly available records for the apartment.

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