Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge, claiming that he was improperly charged for a parking space at his building. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that tenant was charged apartment rent and...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $13,906, including interest and triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that it wasn...
Rent-stabilized tenant who had lived in her apartment since 1985 complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2017. She claimed that landlord was seeking to increase her rent by more than the permissible 6 percent...
Landlord sued rent-stabilized tenants in State Supreme Court, seeking recovery of $59,000 in back rent now owed since tenants stopped paying rent in March 2020. Tenants responded with claims of rent overcharge. They...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DHCR ruled against tenant, who filed an Article 78 court appeal and lost. The court and appeals court didn't find that the DHCR's ruling...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of improper deregulation of his apartment and rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $258. Tenant appealed and lost.
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $7,640, including triple damages. Tenant appealed, claiming that the pre-base date rent...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR in April 2019 of improper deregulation of her apartment and rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that the apartment was rent stabilized and that tenant'...
Rent-stabilized tenants complained to the DHCR in 2017 of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenants based on RSC Section 2520.11(r)(5) and the 2018 Court of Appeals ruling in Altman v. 285 W. Fourth LLC...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2022. She claimed that an earlier DHCR order had granted her $35,000 in rent overcharges for a prior period and that she now sought a rent overcharge refund for the...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in March 2019. Tenant pointed out that the prior tenant's registered rent was $843 per month but that the rent was increased to $1,200 per month...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR in 2017 of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant directed landlord to refund $57,975, including interest and triple damages. The overcharge finding was based on a...
