Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA found that tenant didn't establish a colorable claim of any fraudulent scheme to deregulate the apartment and that there was no rent...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in March 2019 of rent overcharge and improper deregulation. Landlord claimed that the apartment had been vacancy-deregulated when tenant moved in. Landlord submitted the prior tenant...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2017 of rent overcharge and unlawful apartment deregulation. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $24,962, including triple damages. Landlord appealed, claiming...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in May 2019 of rent overcharge. She claimed that an outstanding rent reduction order had been issued and made effective on Sept. 1, 2025, without a proper reduction in her rent. The DRA...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in February 2019. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $32,726, including interest and triple damages. The overcharge was based on two...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR in 2020 that he was being overcharged. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the apartment was vacancy-deregulated in March 2017 when tenant moved in. Tenant...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2018, noting that the apartment rent had increased from $765.82 to $1,500 when he moved into the unit in 2015. Landlord answered that the tenant...
Rent-stabilized tenant filed a fair market rent appeal with the DHCR in 2015. She was the first rent-stabilized tenant after rent control and her initial rent in 2005 was $1,800 per month. Tenant also claimed that...
Building tenants sued landlord for rent overcharges and engaging in a fraudulent scheme to deregulate various apartments. Among other things, tenants asked the court to rule on several key elements of their claims...
Tenants filed a class action lawsuit against landlord in 2018 for rent overcharges. The court rejected landlord's request to limit pretrial questioning and document production to a four-year period and instead...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and found that there was a total overcharge with interest equal to $22,014. Since landlord had refunded $44,709 to tenant while the...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and applied the default formula to set the 2014 base date rent because landlord failed to provide a lease and/or rent ledger in effect on...
