A Nassau County rent-controlled tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord filed a duplicate application to the agency for a maximum collectible rent adjustment in 2023. The DRA ruled for tenant and dismissed...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on hallway renovation, related hallway work, installation of a TV/security system, and rewiring. The DRA ruled against landlord because only eight of the building's 23...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes in 2018 based on installation of a boiler, a main entrance door, intercom, security system, and hallway floor replacement. The DRA ruled against landlord due to an outstanding open...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on pointing and waterproofing, exterior restoration work, and a sidewalk shed installed while the work was being performed. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that it...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on facade restoration that included pointing and waterproofing. The DRA ruled for landlord in part but disallowed the amount of the otherwise approved cost by a...
Tenant complained to the DHCR that he was rent stabilized and that landlord had refused to renew his lease. He claimed that landlord had illegally deregulated the apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant. Landlord...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and, using the default formula to set the base-date rent, found a total overcharge of $13,065, including interest and triple damages....
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant in part, and directed landlord to refund a total overcharge with interest and triple damages totalling $4,714. But the DRA...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $261,960, including interest and triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and found that there was a total overcharge of $197,245, including triple damages. The DRA noted that landlord had already...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Tenant moved into the apartment in 1993 and was given a rent-stabilized lease by the landlord. But the building...
Apartment occupant, who claimed to be tenant's granddaughter, filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming that landlord refused to recognize her succession rights to the rent-stabilized apartment....
