Former and current tenants of five buildings sued landlords, claiming that the current and prior landlords engaged in a scheme designed to evade New York's rent regulations. The court granted landlord's...
Tenants sued landlord, claiming rent overcharge and improper deregulation of a rent-stabilized apartment in 2008 after the prior rent-controlled tenant moved out. The court denied landlord's request for a ruling...
In separate DHCR proceedings, landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of three rent-stabilized apartments. In each case, the DRA issued an order of deregulation prior to June 14, 2019, which each...
Tenant complained in 2022 that landlord failed to offer her a rent-stabilized renewal lease. Tenant signed an initial lease in 2016 at a rent of $2,800 per month. Landlord claimed that the building was exempt from...
Five tenants applied to the DHCR for a ruling on the regulatory status of their apartments. They claimed that they were improperly deregulated, that the building was a Class B multiple dwelling, and therefore subject...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant after sending a 90-day termination notice. Landlord claimed that the apartment had been vacancy-deregulated from rent stabilization. In response, tenant claimed rent...
On Nov. 12, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari by a group of New York property owners who had asked the Court to review a federal court denial of the owners’ challenge to certain...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming fraudulent removal of his apartment from rent regulation in 2009 and a related rent overcharge between 2021 and 2022. Landlord asked the court to dismiss tenant's claim without...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in August 2019 of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the apartment had been deregulated in 2009. Tenant appealed and lost....
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2023 of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the unit had been properly deregulated in 2010 when the legal rent...
Tenant moved into her apartment under a market-rate lease in 2021. In 2023, she filed a rent overcharge complaint with the DHCR, claiming improper deregulation of her unit. The DRA ruled against tenant. The apartment...
