Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a boiler/burner. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, granting the MCI rent increase but disallowing the costs for fluorescent light fixtures,...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on replacement of a water tank at the building. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Landlord had requested a waiver of the DHCR's...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2020 of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. Tenant claimed that landlord had illegally deregulated the apartment before he moved in in 2014 at a monthly rent...
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 January 2019 of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $67,000, including triple damages. The overcharge finding was based in part on a rent freeze...
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...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA disallowed rent increases claimed by landlord for individual apartment improvements (IAIs) and found a rent overcharge. Landlord appealed and lost....
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that landlord failed to sufficiently prove claimed individual apartment improvements (IAIs) and directing landlord...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that the 2014 base date rent was $1,100, that tenant moved into the unit on Jan. 1, 2016, that landlord was entitled to...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in December 2019 of rent overcharge and fraudulent deregulation of his apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant in part, setting the base rent date as June 14, 2019, finding subsequent...
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...
