Rent Increase Based on Comparable Rents

Yonkers landlord filed a 60-day notice of maximum rent adjustment, seeking a 9.5 percent increase of rent-controlled tenant's rent. The DRA granted a rent increase to $983 instead of $1,071. Landlord appealed and lost. Rent increases for rent-controlled tenants can't exceed the average legal regulated rent for comparable apartments subject to the ETPA. Landlord provided no comparability data, so the DHCR relied on its own records to set tenant's rent.

Tad Management LLC: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. YC920088RO (6/15/10) [3-pg. doc.]