PROCEDURE-DHCR

Case Reopened After DRA Sent Notice to Incorrect Address

March 18, 2019    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a decrease in services. Tenant didn't respond to the DRA's request for additional information, and the DRA's mailing came back indicating that tenant had vacated the...

Landlord Must File Administrative Determination Application for DHCR Ruling

December 24, 2018    

Tenant complained of a reduction in services based on inadequate bathtub caulking and a missing window lock. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that tenant...

TPU Properly Referred Rent Overcharge Claim to DRA

May 24, 2018    

The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) commenced an individual apartment improvement (IAI) audit for tenant's apartment and, in June 2013, issued a notice stating that landlord's claimed IAIs didn't...

Vacancy Rent Exceeded Deregulation Threshold

April 23, 2018    

Landlord applied in 2016 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA terminated the proceeding because a vacancy occurred in the apartment and the rent exceeded the...

Tenant Can't Seek Enforcement on Appeal of DRA Order

March 27, 2018    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge and specifically claimed that landlord failed to register her apartment with the DHCR between 2009 and 2014. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to file the missing rent...

Landlord Can't Amend Rent Registrations Until DHCR Decides Overcharge Complaint

March 22, 2018    

Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to amend annual rent registrations for the years 2007, 2009, and 2011 through 2014 for a specific apartment. Landlord claimed that it had mistakenly designated registrations for...

DHCR Properly Reconsidered Overcharge Finding Based on Irregularity in a Vital Matter

March 19, 2018    

Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and challenged the rent set for his apartment by HPD. The DHCR ruled for tenant but later ruled against another tenant in the same building who made an identical claim...

DHCR Won't Decide Landlord Application to Determine Whether Apartment Is Deregulated

January 26, 2018    

Landlord asked the DHCR to determine whether a particular apartment was exempt from rent stabilization. Landlord claimed that the apartment should be exempt based on high-rent deregulation. The DRA dismissed the...

DHCR Sent Additional Information Request to Wrong Address

January 24, 2018    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant and dismissed the complaint after tenant failed to respond to the DRA's request for additional information. Tenant appealed, and...

Landlord Claims Occupant Isn't Rent-Stabilized Tenant

October 30, 2017    

The DRA reduced rent-stabilized tenant's rent to $1 per month after a fire caused tenant to move out involuntarily. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that tenant didn't file the complaint resulting...

No Valid Excuse for Late PAR Filing

October 30, 2017    

Rent-stabilized tenant filed a PAR of a decision in landlord's favor. The DHCR dismissed the PAR as untimely. The DRA's order notified tenant that a PAR must be filed within 35 days as a matter of law after...

Request for Reconsideration of DHCR Order Must Be Filed Within 95 Days

October 30, 2017    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord had failed to correct a lease renewal as directed by a prior DHCR order. The DRA ruled that landlord had failed to give tenant a correct lease as ordered,...