Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2016. The DRA ruled for tenant and froze the rent at a pre-base date amount due to landlord's failure to file annual rent registrations from 2007 onward....
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in March 2019. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed for the first time in her PAR that the...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in late 2018. Specifically, tenant claimed that landlord charged improper MCI rent increases between Sept. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018. Landlord had bought the...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2020 of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of her apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the apartment had been lawfully vacancy-deregulated in 2014 when the...
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) brought an audit proceeding for individual apartment improvements (IAIs) made to an apartment in landlord's building based on review of rent registrations for the unit...
Tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord failed to give her a proper renewal lease in the form required under the Rent Stabilization Code and rent guidelines. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to...
Apartment occupant claimed succession rights to a rent-stabilized apartment after tenant died in August 2019. The tenant was occupant's mother. The DRA ruled for occupant. Landlord filed a request for...
Apartment occupant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to give him a renewal lease and that he had succession rights to tenant's apartment. The DRA ruled against occupant, finding he had failed to...
Landlord applied to the DHCR in 2021 for permission to modify building-wide services by replacing the old audio-only intercom system with a new one-way audio-video intercom system. Some tenants objected to the...
Landlord of a rent-stabilized building in Kingston applied to the DHCR, seeking an increase in tenant's rent based on unique and peculiar circumstances. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. The...
In 2018, tenants applied to the DHCR for a ruling on their rent regulatory status. They claimed that landlord had improperly removed their apartment from rent stabilization. In response, landlord argued that tenants...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for permission to modify building services for 55 rent-regulated apartments by removing the doormen and elevator operator, and substituting electronic sliding doors, a 24-hour concierge,...
