The DRA granted landlord's MCI rent increase application based on the installation of roofing/leaders, pointing and waterproofing, sidewalk bridging, asbestos removal, and air monitoring. Tenants appealed and...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of a new roof. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, but disallowed any increase for certain items of work and for architect's fees. Landlord appealed...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of heat and gas risers. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant challenged the room count applied to the rent increase. But tenant...
Rent-controlled tenant complained that landlord improperly calculated her 2018-19 maximum base rent (MBR) and imposed fuel overcharges between May 2008 and June 2018. The DRA ruled against tenant after tenant didn...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DHCR ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund a small overcharge amount. Tenant filed an Article 78 court appeal, claiming that the overcharge finding...
Tenant complained of unlawful apartment deregulation and rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the apartment was lawfully deregulated due to a high-rent vacancy in 2009, prior to the base rent...
Rent-stabilized tenant in Yonkers complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $36,345, including interest and triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $23,000, including interest and triple damages. Landlord appealed, claiming that triple damages were...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $15,259, including interest and triple damages. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant argued that the DRA should have reviewed...
Deregulated tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper deregulation. Tenant moved in on Jan. 1, 2013, at a monthly rent of $2,550. Prior tenant's last rent was $849. Landlord claimed that it...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA found no overcharge but ordered landlord to refund $1,700 because landlord charged tenant a two-month rather than a one-month security deposit. Tenant...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of improper apartment deregulation and rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the apartment had been vacancy deregulated by the base rent date. The DHCR denied...
