Landlord applied to the DHCR in 2018 for MCI rent hikes based on installation of new boilers. The DRA ruled against landlord in October 2019 because, effective June 14, 2019, HSTPA had amended the rent laws to...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on pointing and waterproofing and exterior restoration work. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that an MCI increase had previously been granted in 2001 for...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes in 2019 based on replacement of a courtyard and walkways. The DRA ruled against landlord in 2021 based on landlord's failure to submit additional documentation sought by the...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in March 2019. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that the overcharge resulted by the landlord waiving its right to charge a higher legal rent when it...
The daughter of rent-controlled tenants complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to offer her a rent-stabilized renewal lease after her parents died and the prior lease expired on June 30, 2016. Tenant said...
Tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord failed to offer her a renewal lease on the same terms and conditions as the expiring lease. The DRA terminated the proceeding, finding it had no jurisdiction because the...
Apartment occupant filed a lease violation complaint in 2023, claiming succession rights and stating that landlord failed to give her a renewal lease after rent-stabilized tenant was evicted from the apartment....
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge on July 9, 2019. Tenant had moved into the apartment on Dec. 1, 2002, 17 years earlier. The DRA dismissed tenant's complaint after landlord...
Tenant sought a ruling from the DHCR that he was subject to rent stabilization. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that his occupancy was contingent upon his employment with Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) and was...
The son of a deceased rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to give him a renewal lease after tenant died. The son claimed succession rights to the apartment. The DRA ruled for the son....
Tenant filed a PAR to appeal a DHCR Rent Administrator's order issued on May 19, 2022. The DHCR dismissed the PAR because it was filed more than two years after the DRA's order was issued. Tenant claimed that...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation of the building that took place after Dec. 31, 1973. The DRA ruled against landlord...
