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...
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) referred a rent overcharge complaint to the DRA after conducting an audit. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. The TPU appealed on behalf of tenant. A...
Landlord applied in 2012 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA sent notice of landlord's application to tenant at the apartment address, but the envelope was...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, who then filed a PAR. The DHCR dismissed tenant's PAR as untimely. Tenant then filed an Article 78 court petition claiming that...
The DRA ruled against rent-stabilized tenant in rent overcharge and lease violation proceedings concerning tenant's apartment. Tenant filed a PAR to appeal the decision. The DHCR found that the PAR was improper...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that landlord charged two vacancy increases during the same lease period and that landlord...
