Tenant complained of a reduction in required apartment services. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that the complaint was filed improperly by a tenant...
Tenants' daughter complained that the deceased tenants, who were her parents, had been rent controlled and that landlord failed to renew a lease in her name. The DRA ruled against the daughter, who appealed and...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $7,521, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord failed to prove that tenant had a...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord argued that the legal regulated rent on the base date was $1,872, while the $1,400 rent paid by...
Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents based on findings that paint was chipped on the stairway wall between the second and third floors,...
Landlord sued to evict Mitchell-Lama co-op tenant based on nonpayment of rent. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that landlord was time-barred from collecting back rent dating to 2012 under the six...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $3,110, including triple damages and interest. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord argued that there...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $2,662, with triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Tenant's lease that commenced on Sept. 1,...
Tenants complained of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of their apartment. The DRA ruled that the apartment had been improperly deregulated but that there was no overcharge. Tenants appealed and lost....
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $7,926, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that there was no willful...
Apartment occupant complained that landlord improperly refused to grant him a rent-stabilized renewal lease. Occupant claimed that he was a nontraditional family member entitled to succession rights after tenant...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained that landlord had failed to offer a proper and timely renewal lease. The DRA dismissed the complaint as moot. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant argued that her complaint should be...
