Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to remove an obsolete non-fireproof rear entry door and frame from tenant's apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord, but later issued another order modifying the decision to...
Landlord asked the DHCR in 2023 for permission to amend its 2014 Initial Apartment Registration for an apartment in the building, in order to correct an error. The DRA ruled for landlord and directed that the Initial...
In 2022, landlord asked the DHCR for an Administrative Determination regarding whether it was entitled to rent-stabilized rent increases from tenants if it renewed tenant's leases. Although landlord and tenants...
Westchester landlord applied to the DHCR in July 2021 for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new boiler/burner. The DRA ruled against landlord on Feb. 4, 2022, because there was a building-wide service...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on exterior restoration work at its building. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost. They claimed that the exterior restoration work was unnecessary because...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on building-wide electrical rewiring. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that the granted MCI rent increase didn't apply to...
(Decision submitted by Elizabeth Lentini, Esq. of the Manhattan law firm of Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C., attorneys for the landlord.)
In separate complaints filed with the DHCR, tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services at their building. The DRA ruled for tenants, finding that janitorial service had been reduced. The DRA later...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of a reduction in services, claiming landlord had improperly replaced her refrigerator with a smaller model. The DRA ruled against tenant after the DHCR's inspector...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA found no overcharge and dismissed the complaint. Tenant appealed and won, in part. Tenant moved into the apartment in 2011 and filed his...
Tenants complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in early 2019. They claimed that landlord illegally rented rent-stabilized apartments in the building without a proper Certificate of Occupancy (C of O). They said...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2022. Tenant moved into the apartment in 2020 and his initial vacancy lease included an HPD Permanently Affordable Inclusionary Housing Program Rider stating that...
