Rent-stabilized tenants complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenants, finding a total overcharge of $826, including triple damages. Since tenants owed landlord over $20,000 in unpaid rent, the DRA did not...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2018 of rent overcharge and claimed that landlord improperly deregulated the apartment in 2015. Landlord claimed that the unit was legally deregulated as of Aug. 1, 2015, when...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge based, in part, on landlord's failure to lower the collectible rent for his apartment in accordance with a 1986 rent reduction order issued by the DHCR. The...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. HPD had set the monthly legal regulated rent for tenant's apartment at $1,420 effective Feb. 26, 2013, in...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of her apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant and set the lawful stabilized rent at $1,963.81 per month as of March 1, 2022. Tenant appealed and...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge based on claimed illegal fees and surcharges. She moved into the unit in 2015, paid monthly rent of $1,108, and claimed she belonged to the Moderate Income Program. Landlord...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2018. Landlord claimed that tenant wasn't subject to rent stabilization. The DRA ruled for tenant because tenant paid $2,000 per month when he moved in. The DRA...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant shortly after the agency issued a separate order finding that the building was exempt from rent regulation due to substantial...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Tenant moved into the building after Real Property Tax Law 421-a tax benefits had expired. The building was...
Tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming that landlord failed to renew his lease that was set to expire on Nov. 30, 2022. The DRA ruled for tenant based on landlord's failure to answer the...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to a substantial rehabilitation performed after Jan. 1, 1974. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that landlord...
Landlord applied to the DHCR in 2021 for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent stabilization based on substantial rehabilitation commenced in June 2015 and completed in 2020. The DRA ruled for landlord,...
