Tenant complained to the DHCR of a reduction in required services. In response, landlord claimed that the apartment had been vacancy deregulated and wasn't subject to rent stabilization. The DHCR then opened a...
The DHCR issued an order on June 10, 2022, finding that tenant's apartment was subject to rent stabilization. Landlord filed an Article 78 court appeal of the DHCR's decision, and the case was sent back to...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a Reduced Pressure Zone (RPZ) backflow prevention device (BPD). The DRA ruled against landlord because it failed to submit a waiver request in connection...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new roof, brickwork, and a backflow prevention device. The DRA ruled against landlord based on its failure to address class 1 and 2 ECB...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a Reduced Pressure Zone (RPZ) backflow prevention device. The DRA ruled against landlord based on landlord's failure to submit a waiver...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a water heater supplier and installer. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants made a number of claims that the DHCR...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on an elevator upgrade and boiler installation. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, granting rent increases only for the elevator work. Since the replacement...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes. The DRA ruled in part for landlord, granting an increase for building entrance doors but disallowing claimed costs related to new stone flooring and saddle, new lobby...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of two fuel oil tanks. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. When landlord filed its application in 2021, fuel tanks weren't...
Landlord applied in November 2018 for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new boiler. The DRA ruled against landlord in November 2019 because fewer than 35 percent of the building's tenants were rent...
Rent-stabilized tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming in 2021 that landlord hadn't renewed her lease since 2019. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to offer tenant a renewal...
Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized and complained to the DHCR that landlord had offered him an improper unregulated lease, which he had signed. Tenant later withdrew the complaint when he was moving out of...
