PROCEDURE-DHCR

DHCR Reopens Rent Overcharge Case

November 25, 2024    

Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2020 of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. Tenant claimed that landlord had illegally deregulated the apartment before he moved in in 2014 at a monthly rent...

Tenant, Represented by an Attorney, Can Withdraw His PAR of DHCR Order

November 24, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, who then filed a Petition for Administrative Review (PAR). Later, by letter from tenant's attorney, the tenant...

Landlord Can't Amend DHCR Registrations to Correct Apartment Status

November 24, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR to request amendment of annual rent registrations for an apartment for the years 1990 to 2023. Landlord claimed that the apartment's status was incorrectly registered as rent...

Landlord Must Wait for Final DHCR Ruling on Remanded Case Before Filing Appeal

September 24, 2024    

Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2018 of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant in 2023, finding that the apartment had been vacancy deregulated in 2018 when...

Late PAR Accepted Because DRA Didn't Mail Copy of Order to Tenants' Attorney

September 19, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrading. The DRA ruled for landlord and increased tenants' rents. The DHCR dismissed the tenant association's PAR because it was filed...

DHCR Won't Consider Lease Records Submitted for the First Time with Tenant's PAR

August 26, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant. The base rent date was June 14, 2015, all monthly rent adjustments since the base date had been lawful, and there were...

PAR Sent by Fed Ex More Than 35 Days after DRO Order Issued Was Dismissed as Untimely

July 22, 2024    

Tenant filed a PAR to appeal a DHCR Rent Administrator's order issued on May 19, 2022. The DHCR dismissed the PAR because it was filed more than two years after the DRA's order was issued. Tenant claimed that...

DHCR Will Decide Tenant's Lease Violation Claim in Rent Overcharge Proceeding

June 24, 2024    

Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized and complained to the DHCR that landlord had offered him an improper unregulated lease, which he had signed. Tenant later withdrew the complaint when he was moving out of...

DHCR Granted Landlord's Request for Reconsideration of Rent Administrator's Order

February 20, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent increases based on elevator upgrading. The DRA ruled against landlord on Dec. 17, 2021. Landlord appealed and won. Before filing a Petition for Administrative Review (PAR),...

DHCR Advises Tenant to Pursue Lease Renewal Complaint in Court

October 24, 2023    

Section 8 tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming that landlord refused to correct her last rent-stabilized renewal lease. The DRA terminated the proceeding and advised tenant to go back to...

DHCR Won't Accept Proof of Lease Renewal Offer Filed for First Time with PAR

October 24, 2023    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord failed to provide a timely renewal lease. The DRA ruled for tenant after landlord failed to respond to the DRA's notice of tenant's complaint....

Landlord Who Filed Incorrect Form for Rent Increase Under Rent Control Can Refile

October 23, 2023    

A Nassau County rent-controlled tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord filed a duplicate application to the agency for a maximum collectible rent adjustment in 2023. The DRA ruled for tenant and dismissed...