Landlord applied to the DHCR for permission to modify building services by moving tenant mailboxes from an open area to a new secured mailroom. The DRA ruled for landlord on condition that: (1) tenants' rents be...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrading. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that its application hadn't been filed within two years from the completion date of the...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new roof, pointing, and exterior restoration. The DRA ruled for landlord, and tenants appealed. They claimed that the roof wasn't installed in a...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that landlord's "on-time" lease clause, requiring payment of full rent rather than a preferential rent...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge based on two DHCR rent reduction orders that reduced and froze tenant's rent for certain periods. The DRA acknowledged that there had been a rent reduction...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of improper deregulation of his apartment and rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $258. Tenant appealed and lost.
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $7,640, including triple damages. Tenant appealed, claiming that the pre-base date rent...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR in April 2019 of improper deregulation of her apartment and rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that the apartment was rent stabilized and that tenant'...
Rent-stabilized tenants complained to the DHCR in 2017 of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenants based on RSC Section 2520.11(r)(5) and the 2018 Court of Appeals ruling in Altman v. 285 W. Fourth LLC...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2022. She claimed that an earlier DHCR order had granted her $35,000 in rent overcharges for a prior period and that she now sought a rent overcharge refund for the...
The son of a rent-stabilized tenant claimed succession rights to the apartment in a complaint to the DHCR after tenant moved out. The son claimed that landlord refused to give him a renewal lease. The DRA ruled for...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of lot line and hallway windows in a landmark building. The DRA ruled for landlord; tenants appealed and lost.
