Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of rent-stabilized tenant's apartment in 2009. Landlord claimed that tenant never responded to the Income Certification Form (ICF) that landlord had sent to...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2016 of a reduction in services. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent. Landlord, a cooperative corporation, appealed and won. The building had been converted to a co-op while...
Various rent-stabilized tenants complained of reductions of service in their apartments. The DRA ruled on 13 cases, dismissing 11 and reducing the rents of two tenants based on apartment conditions. Landlord appealed...
Landlord of building complex applied for maximum base rent (MBR) increases for 10 rent-controlled apartments. The DHCR ruled against landlord, finding that landlord failed to pay MBR fees. Landlord then filed an...
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) sued landlord LLC entities of 38 buildings containing more than 2,500 rent-stabilized apartments, along with individuals who were connected with the landlord entities. The...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services. The DRA initially had ruled against tenant in March 2017, finding that a community room playground and parking lot gate were maintained. However, upon...
Tenant complained that landlord failed to offer her a rent-stabilized renewal lease. The DRA ruled for tenant after landlord failed to answer the complaint, and ordered landlord to offer tenant a one- or two-year...
Landlord asked the DHCR to determine the legal rent for tenant's SRO unit after a court ruled that tenant was a rent-stabilized permanent tenant. Tenant had checked into the SRO building in August 2015, paid a...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that the DHCR had issued a rent reduction order that affected the collectable rent for her apartment. But...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to amend the 2016 annual rent registration for one apartment. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that it was premature to amend that registration in light of a pending DHCR...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to amend its 2007 annual rent registration for one apartment that landlord claimed was incorrectly registered as rent stabilized rather then temporarily exempt. The DRA ruled...
Landlord applied for a ruling from the DHCR that its building had been substantially rehabilitated and therefore was exempt from rent stabilization. The DRA ruled for landlord. One occupant claiming to be a tenant...
