On April 20, 2024, as part of the annual Budget Bill, New York State amended provisions of the ETPA, Rent Stabilization Law, and Rent Control Law to significantly modify changes made to individual apartment...
Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling on an apartment's rent regulatory status and, if needed, the legal rent. The DRA found that the apartment was subject to the rent control law with a maximum base rent (MBR) of...
For the upcoming guideline increase period commencing Oct. 1, 2023, and extending through Sept. 30, 2024, the NYC Rent Guidelines Board issued RGBO No. 55 in June 2023. Under RGBO No. 55, a 3 percent increase applies...
Landlord, the owner of various rent-controlled apartments in adjoining condominium buildings, filed a hardship rent increase application with the DHCR under rent control regulations Section 2202.8 based on its...
Landlord, the owner of unsold shares of four rent-controlled apartments in a co-op building, filed a hardship rent increase application with the DHCR under rent control regulations Section 2202.8 in 1996 based on its...
Rent-controlled successor tenant complained of rent overcharge. The monthly rent had been $39.10 per month. Tenant claimed that, after her father, the prior tenant, died, landlord raised the monthly rent to $443.23....
Rent-controlled tenant objected to the maximum base rent (MBR) adjustment obtained by landlord. The DHCR ruled against tenant and upheld the DRA's increase of the tenant's MBR for the 2016-2017 biennial...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to increase rent-controlled tenant's rent by $95 per month for first-time painting. The DRA ruled for landlord, since the apartment hadn't previously been painted, and...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for a rent increase after it painted rent-controlled tenant's apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord and increased tenant's maximum collectible rent (MCR) by $254.30 per month....
The DRA granted landlord's 2018-2019 Maximum Base Rent (MBR) Order of Eligibility with an effective date of Jan. 1, 2018, because landlord complied with certification requirements for the biennial cycle. Rent-...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for permission to increase rent-controlled tenant's rent by $5 per month based on tenant's installation of an air conditioner that extended beyond the apartment window line....
