Rent-stabilized tenants of a building receiving RPTL 421-a tax benefits sued landlord in 2021, claiming that landlord improperly utilized preferential rents as part of their initial 421-a registration. Tenants asked...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and, using the default formula to set the base-date rent, found a total overcharge of $13,065, including interest and triple damages....
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant in part, and directed landlord to refund a total overcharge with interest and triple damages totalling $4,714. But the DRA...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $261,960, including interest and triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and found that there was a total overcharge of $197,245, including triple damages. The DRA noted that landlord had already...
In 2019, seven current and former building tenants sued landlord, seeking a declaration that they were rent stabilized and individual findings of the legal rents for their apartments. Among other things, the court...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation after moving into the unit in 2016. The DRA ruled for tenant, found that the unit was rent stabilized and ordered landlord to...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR after HSTPA took effect, claiming rent overcharge based on a prior rent reduction order. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $98,860, including triple...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Landlord pointed out that it had signed an Assurance of Discontinuance with...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge based on a disputed MCI rent increase. The DRA ruled for tenant and found an overcharge of $544, including triple damages.
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2018 of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding insufficient evidence of fraud and that the apartment had been vacancy deregulated...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR in December 2018 of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $109,283, including triple damages and interest. The DRA found that the base...
