Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $1,410 with interest after applying a small refund credit. No triple damages were...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. The DHCR found no colorable claim of a fraudulent scheme to deregulate...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $20,688 including triple damages and after subtracting $42,401 in rent arrears owed by tenant. The...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2020, and claimed that landlord collected more than the permissible Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) increase from 2009-2020. Landlord claimed that...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2020. She claimed that the $510 monthly rent she paid in September 2020 included an overcharge due to outstanding rent reduction orders and missing...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2023 of rent overcharge resulting from unlawful deregulation of his apartment. Tenant had moved into the apartment in 2020 under an unregulated lease with a monthly rent of $2,150....
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify required building services by converting a manually operated freight elevator with an automatic passenger elevator, modifying the trash disposal procedure, and...
In March 2024, the landlord asked the DHCR for permission to amend the legal regulated rent (LRR) listed for one apartment registered with the DHCR for 2022. The DRA denied landlord's request. Landlord appealed...
Rent-controlled tenant's daughter applied to the DHCR in 2021 for a ruling that she had succession rights to the apartment after tenant died in March 2020. The DRA ruled against the daughter, who appealed and...
The son of a rent-controlled tenant applied to the DHCR in 2023 for a determination that he had succession rights to the apartment after tenant moved out in 2022. The DRA ruled against the son, who appealed and lost...
Rent-controlled tenant complained of rent overcharge. He said landlord improperly calculated the 2022-2023 Maximum Base Rent (MBR) for his apartment as $2662.80 instead of $2,622.80. In response, landlord claimed...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2021. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. Tenant appealed and lost. The DRA had found that the legal base date rent was $1,410.48...
