Various building tenants sued landlord, claiming rent overcharge and improper deregulation of their apartments, which they claimed were rent stabilized. They also claimed breach of the warranty of habitability for...
Tenant sued landlord in 2018, claiming that he was rent stabilized, that landlord falsely represented to him that his apartment was deregulated, that he had been overcharged, and that landlord engaged in an unlawful...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. The DHCR ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge and that landlord had registered the unit as rent stabilized. Tenant then...
Rent-stabilized tenant applied to the DHCR for a calculation of the legal regulated rent for his apartment. The DRA ruled in 2020 that the legal rent was $1,161.90 per month at the expiration of the most recent...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $150,249, including interest and triple damages. The overcharge finding was based on...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2021. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant argued that landlord improperly increased the...
Tenant complained to DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant in 2023 based on landlord's supposed failure to answer tenant's complaint. Landlord appealed, claiming it answered tenant's complaint...
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) reviewed 2014 and 2015 rent registrations for an apartment and conducted a rent audit, requesting rent history documentation from landlord. Landlord didn't comply after...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in February 2019 of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of her apartment. She challenged her preferential rent, denied there was a higher legal regulated rent, and objected to...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2021. Tenant had moved into the unit in 2009 at a monthly rent of $1,600. She claimed that her rent had been illegally increased through the years...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2020. Tenant claimed that, when she moved into the unit in 2017, landlord had made improper individual apartment improvements (IAIs), without permits and using...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in July 2019. She claimed that landlord had increased her rent without a renewal lease. Landlord claimed that tenant had refused to sign a renewal...
