The daughter of a rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR in 2022 after landlord refused to give the daughter a renewal lease after tenant died in September 2021. The daughter claimed she had succession rights...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent regulation due to substantial rehabilitation of the building after Jan. 1, 1974. The DRA pointed out that, under RSC Section 2520.11(e...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new roof. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost. They claimed that the new roof work was a repair and not an MCI. They also...
The DHCR's Rent Administrator granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new roof. Tenants appealed and lost. They challenged landlord's room count, claiming that units...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a gas/oil burner, chimney, and new roof. The DRA ruled for landlord in part but disallowed the claimed cost for installation of gas piping to deliver...
The DHCR's Rent Administrator granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on facade restoration with engineering fees. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that the rent increase approved by...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of apartment windows for a landmark building. Tenants appealed and lost. They argued that the claimed costs were excessive, based on cost estimates the...
The DHCR's rent administrator partially granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on installation of hallway carpeting. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant said that the hallway carpeting...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new boiler. The DRA ruled for landlord in part but disallowed $71,712 of the MCI cost that was reimbursed to landlord by its insurance company. Landlord...
Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling on an apartment's rent regulatory status and, if needed, the legal rent. The DRA found that the apartment was subject to the rent control law with a maximum base rent (MBR) of...
Rent-controlled tenant complained to the DHCR in September 2020 after DOB issued a Vacate Order based on a July 30, 2020, fire at the building. Tenant said that, as a result of the fire, she had no access to the...
