Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. In response, tenant claimed that there was a fraudulent rent overcharge and asked the court for permission to conduct pretrial questioning....
Current and former building tenants sued landlord, claiming improper deregulation and rent overcharge. The building had received J-51 tax benefits since 1986. Landlord had received an opinion letter from the DHCR in...
Tenants in a 421-a building sued landlord in 2020, claiming that prior landlord unlawfully registered inflated initial rents for their rent-stabilized apartments. Tenants claimed that this was a fraudulent scheme to...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $1,410 with interest after applying a small refund credit. No triple damages were...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $20,688 including triple damages and after subtracting $42,401 in rent arrears owed by tenant. The...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2020, and claimed that landlord collected more than the permissible Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) increase from 2009-2020. Landlord claimed that...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2020. She claimed that the $510 monthly rent she paid in September 2020 included an overcharge due to outstanding rent reduction orders and missing...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2023 of rent overcharge resulting from unlawful deregulation of his apartment. Tenant had moved into the apartment in 2020 under an unregulated lease with a monthly rent of $2,150....
Rent-controlled tenant complained of rent overcharge. He said landlord improperly calculated the 2022-2023 Maximum Base Rent (MBR) for his apartment as $2662.80 instead of $2,622.80. In response, landlord claimed...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2021. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. Tenant appealed and lost. The DRA had found that the legal base date rent was $1,410.48...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2024. The DRA ruled for tenant in part, finding that the base date legal regulated rent (LRR) was $1,473 per month, that as of May 1, 2022, the LRR...
A Mount Vernon tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2022. Tenant also complained that landlord didn't renew his lease. The DRA ruled for tenant. Based on a prior DHCR rent reduction order, tenant...
