Renewal Lease Order Didn't Freeze Tenant's Rent

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. She also complained of fraud, arguing that landlord placed a "dummy" tenant in the apartment in 1992. The DRA found no fraud but ordered a total refund of $67. Tenant's rent had been frozen for two months in 2011-2012 based on two rent reduction orders. Tenant appealed and lost. She claimed that there was another outstanding rent reduction order that the DRA failed to consider, and that landlord gave her rent credits not considered in the DRA's order. But the other order in question was a 2012 order directing landlord to give tenant a copy of her fully executed renewal lease. That order didn't provide for any rent adjustment. Tenant also failed to explain the claimed rent credits so this was correctly disregarded.

Krasner: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. CR110035RT (1/15/15) [3-pg. doc.]