Landlord filed an application to amend the annual 2010 apartment registration for an apartment that was incorrectly registered as vacant with an incorrect legal regulated rent amount. Landlord claimed that the...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed, but the DHCR rejected tenant’s PAR for procedural defects. The DHCR instructed tenant to refile the PAR within 35 days and to...
Tenant complained of a reduction in services, claiming that she was forced to vacate his apartment involuntarily. Landlord didn’t answer the complaint. The DRO ruled for tenant and reduced her rent to $1 per...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained that landlord failed to renew her lease. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to offer tenant a renewal lease. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant pointed out that he raised...
The DRA set tenant’s maximum collectible rent (MCR) based on building data for 2006-2007. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord then filed an Article 78 court appeal, challenging the DHCR’s decision. The...
Current landlord asked the DHCR to amend annual apartment registrations for tenant’s apartment for the years 2005 through 2010. Landlord claimed that those registrations incorrectly listed the tenant’s...
The DHCR’s Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) conducted an Individual Apartment Improvement (IAI) audit for tenant’s apartment after reviewing rent registration records. TPU required landlord to submit proof...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for unlawful conduct based on drug activity. Tenant demanded a jury trial. Landlord argued that tenant’s lease contained a jury waiver clause. But landlord didn’t base its...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to amend the annual 2012 rent registration for a first-floor apartment in his building. Landlord had registered the rent as $1,350 but said this was a mistake. Landlord said the...
Tenant complained that landlord refused to offer him a rent-stabilized renewal lease. Landlord claimed that the building wasn’t rent stabilized, because it contained five apartments and a store but didn’t...
