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....
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord failed to offer him a renewal lease on the same terms and conditions as his expiring lease. Tenant specified that the temporary lease rider for a...
Tenant applied to the DHCR in 2015 for a ruling on her rent regulatory status. She had moved into Apt. 3F in 2013 at a monthly rent of $3,950, and landlord claimed that she was unregulated. The DRA ruled for...
Landlord of a Hempstead building applied to the DHCR in 2022 for approval of a proposed building services modification based on removal of an oil boiler that provided steam heat as well as removal of tenant supplied...
In 2018, the DHCR's Rent Administrator issued an order reclassifying landlord's building from a hotel to an apartment building based on loss of certain hotel services. The DRA also issued a rent reduction due...
Landlord asked the DHCR in 2022 for permission to modify the building's entry system by adding an electronic key fob system to supplement rather than replace metal key access, and by partially closing the use of...
In November 2016, tenant filed an application with the DHCR seeking an administrative ruling to determine his apartment's regulatory status. Earlier that year, landlord had sued to evict tenant in housing court,...
A tenant in landlord's building claimed that he was rent stabilized and sought a DHCR ruling concerning his status. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to give tenant a rent-stabilized lease and...
