Tenant complained to the DHCR in January 2019 of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $67,000, including triple damages. The overcharge finding was based in part on a rent freeze...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA disallowed rent increases claimed by landlord for individual apartment improvements (IAIs) and found a rent overcharge. Landlord appealed and lost....
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that landlord failed to sufficiently prove claimed individual apartment improvements (IAIs) and directing landlord...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that the 2014 base date rent was $1,100, that tenant moved into the unit on Jan. 1, 2016, that landlord was entitled to...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in December 2019 of rent overcharge and fraudulent deregulation of his apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant in part, setting the base rent date as June 14, 2019, finding subsequent...
Rent-controlled tenant complained to the DHCR in 2023 of rent overcharge. He claimed that landlord charged illegal fees and failed to comply with a 1991 rent reduction order. Tenant claimed that he was currently...
After the DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) investigated claimed individual apartment improvements (IAIs), it referred the case to the DRA to commence rent overcharge proceedings. The DRA ruled for tenants,...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming rent overcharge and improper deregulation of her apartment. Landlord asked the court to dismiss three of tenant's claims without trial. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and fraudulent deregulation of her apartment. The DRA and DHCR ruled against tenant, finding that landlord didn't engage in a fraudulent scheme to deregulate the...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2022. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $15,881, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that the total overcharge with triple damages was $140,625. But since landlord had already refunded $143,891, no refund was...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2018, claiming that landlord's rent increases and claimed preferential rent were improper. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that although the tenant's...
