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...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2023. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. The DHCR had issued a prior order in 2023 finding that tenant's building was exempt from rent stabilization based...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in September 2019. Landlord claimed that the overcharge was an inadvertent clerical oversight and wasn't willful. Landlord also issued a $4,087...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge based on an outstanding rent reduction order. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $154,957, including triple damages and interest. Tenant's...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2021. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $17,816, including triple damages and interest. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in January 2019. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $4,006, including interest and triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost....
Rent-stabilized tenant complained in 2020 of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant in part, finding a rent overcharge of $9,081. But since landlord had already refunded $8,548 to tenant, landlord had to refund...
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...
