In November 2016, tenant filed an application with the DHCR seeking an administrative ruling to determine his apartment's regulatory status. Earlier that year, landlord had sued to evict tenant in housing court,...
Tenant asked the DHCR to determine her apartment's legal rent after the Housing Court ruled that tenant was a rent-controlled successor tenant. The DRA ruled that the Maximum Collectible Rent (MCR) for the...
Tenants sued landlord in a class action, claiming that they were rent controlled or rent stabilized. Former landlord bought the building in 1989 and listed the apartments in DHCR rent registrations as "...
Tenant A, living in Apt. 6, and Tenant B, living in Apt. 11, asked the DHCR in 2016 to determine their regulatory status and the rents for their apartments. They claimed that Tenant B rented Apt. 6 in 1957 and that...
Landlord asked the DHCR to determine an apartment's regulatory status. Landlord claimed that rent-controlled tenant Rose Blickenstaff lived in the apartment until Jan. 1, 1972, then moved out and that current...
The daughter of deceased tenants complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to offer her a rent-stabilized renewal lease as a successor tenant after her mother died in 2014. She claimed that her parents were rent...
Prior landlord asked the DHCR to determine whether tenant was rent regulated. Landlord claimed that the building had been substantially rehabilitated. The DRA closed the case in 2004 because prior landlord didn't...
Westchester County landlord asked the DHCR to determine that tenant's apartment was rent controlled rather than rent stabilized. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that the...
Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-controlled apartment in 2011. The DRA dismissed landlord's application, finding that the building was receiving J-51 tax benefits at...
Landlord applied in 2011 and 2015 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-controlled apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord in both cases. In separate proceedings, landlord appealed and lost. The...
Landlord applied in 2014, 2015, and 2016 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-controlled apartment. The DRA ruled against landlord in each separate case.
Tenant claimed that he was rent controlled and asked the DHCR for a ruling on the issue. The DRA ruled for tenant. Landlord appealed and won. The DHCR ruled that tenant was rent stabilized, not rent controlled....
