Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant but found that tenant's rent arrears totalling $3,162 were greater than the $713 overcharge. So no overcharge refund was...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in April 2019. He claimed that he was the successor tenant to his mother's apartment. After she died, landlord gave him a vacancy lease at a 20 percent rent...
In December 2021, tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming that landlord failed to give her a fully executed copy of a rent-stabilized renewal lease she signed for the renewal term commencing...
Section 8 tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming that landlord refused to correct her last rent-stabilized renewal lease. The DRA terminated the proceeding and advised tenant to go back to...
Tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to give him a rent-stabilized lease. When tenant moved into the apartment in 2021, prior landlord gave him a seven-month short-term occupancy agreement at monthly...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord failed to provide a timely renewal lease. The DRA ruled for tenant after landlord failed to respond to the DRA's notice of tenant's complaint....
Landlord applied to the DHCR for a determination that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation done after Jan. 1, 1974. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that landlord...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the apartment had been vacancy deregulated in 2013 and therefore wasn't...
Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling that its two adjoining buildings were exempt from rent stabilization based on substantial rehabilitation. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that landlord failed to...
In 2022, a Westchester County landlord filed two Administrative Determination requests with the DHCR concerning two separate apartments in a building at 2 Morningside Avenue. Landlord pointed out that it also owned 1...
Tenant asked the DHCR for a ruling that she was subject to rent stabilization. Landlord, a hospital, argued that tenant lived in the apartment as an incident of her employment and that, when her employment ended, so...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to refuse renewal of tenant's lease and proceed for eviction based on building demolition. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that it hadn't submitted plans for the...
