NYS DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL

Apartment Was Properly Deregulated Based on Vacancy and IAI Rent Increases

January 24, 2025    

Tenant complained to the DHCR in February 2019 of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of her apartment. She challenged her preferential rent, denied there was a higher legal regulated rent, and objected to...

Tenant Can't Challenge Pre-Base Date Rent Increases Absent Showing of Fraud

January 22, 2025    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2021. Tenant had moved into the unit in 2009 at a monthly rent of $1,600. She claimed that her rent had been illegally increased through the years...

IAI Rent Increase Complied with Rent Stabilization Requirements

January 22, 2025    

Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2020. Tenant claimed that, when she moved into the unit in 2017, landlord had made improper individual apartment improvements (IAIs), without permits and using...

Rent Freeze Resulted from Prior Rent Reduction Order

January 22, 2025    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in July 2019. She claimed that landlord had increased her rent without a renewal lease. Landlord claimed that tenant had refused to sign a renewal...

Landlord Can't Charge Rent-Stabilized Tenant for Water Usage

January 22, 2025    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge between May 1, 2019, and April 2023 when he moved out. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that the bulk of the overcharge was caused by landlord...

Landlord Must Offer Tenant Rent-Stabilized Renewal Lease

January 22, 2025    

Tenant complained in 2022 that landlord failed to offer her a rent-stabilized renewal lease. Tenant signed an initial lease in 2016 at a rent of $2,800 per month. Landlord claimed that the building was exempt from...

Tenants Didn't Prove Their Apartments Were SRO Units

January 22, 2025    

Five tenants applied to the DHCR for a ruling on the regulatory status of their apartments. They claimed that they were improperly deregulated, that the building was a Class B multiple dwelling, and therefore subject...

Tenant in Substantially Rehabilitated Building Can't Claim Rent Overcharge

January 21, 2025    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2023. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. The DHCR had issued a prior order in 2023 finding that tenant's building was exempt from rent stabilization based...

Triple Damages and Interest Properly Assessed Before Deducting Overcharge Refund

January 21, 2025    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in September 2019. Landlord claimed that the overcharge was an inadvertent clerical oversight and wasn't willful. Landlord also issued a $4,087...

Failure to Comply with 2008 Rent Reduction Order Led to $155,000 Rent Overcharge

January 21, 2025    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge based on an outstanding rent reduction order. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $154,957, including triple damages and interest. Tenant's...

Landlord Can't Challenge MCI Room Count in DHCR Overcharge Proceeding

January 21, 2025    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2021. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $17,816, including triple damages and interest. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord...

Rent Overcharge Resulted from Failure to Renew Lease and to Register Apartment

January 21, 2025    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in January 2019. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $4,006, including interest and triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost....