HOTELS

DHCR Reclassifies Formerly Hotel-Stabilized Building

January 25, 2024    

In 2022, landlord asked the DHCR for an Administrative Determination regarding whether it was entitled to rent-stabilized rent increases from tenants if it renewed tenant's leases. Although landlord and tenants...

DHCR Reclassifies Former Hotel-Stabilized Building as Rent-Stabilized Apartment Building

September 22, 2023    

In 2018, the DHCR's Rent Administrator issued an order reclassifying landlord's building from a hotel to an apartment building based on loss of certain hotel services. The DRA also issued a rent reduction due...

Landlord Improperly Deregulated and Overcharged Tenant of Hotel-Stabilized Apartment

March 14, 2018    

Tenant sued landlord, claiming rent overcharge and that his hotel-stabilized apartment had been improperly deregulated. Tenant moved into the apartment in 2012 and paid $3,600 per month under an unregulated lease....

Trial Must Decide Whether Hotel Unit Was Occupied by Permanent Tenant

January 26, 2018    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. Landlord asked the court to rule without a trial since tenant admitted he had moved out of the hotel-stabilized unit. The court ruled against...

City Can Block Short-Term Stays at Apartment Buildings Pending Lawsuit

April 12, 2013    

The City of New York sued landlords for deceptive trade practices under the consumer protection law, and for public nuisance. The city claimed that landlords operated a multi-tiered business that advertised, booked,...

Tenant Was Permanent Resident

June 30, 2006