Tenant Deregulated When Building's J-51 Benefits Ended

August 31, 2008

LVT Number: #20698

Tenant complained of a rent overcharge. He also complained that landlord refused to give him a rent-stabilized renewal lease. Instead, landlord gave tenant a free-market lease. The DRA ruled against tenant. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant's prior leases clearly notified him that his rent-stabilization status ended on June 30, 2001, when landlord's tax benefits expired. Landlord was free at that point to enter into a market-rent lease with tenant.

Tenant complained of a rent overcharge. He also complained that landlord refused to give him a rent-stabilized renewal lease. Instead, landlord gave tenant a free-market lease. The DRA ruled against tenant. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant's prior leases clearly notified him that his rent-stabilization status ended on June 30, 2001, when landlord's tax benefits expired. Landlord was free at that point to enter into a market-rent lease with tenant.

Hecht: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. VE410044RT (6/10/08) [5-pg. doc.]

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