Landlord applied to the DHCR in 2018 for permission to refuse lease renewals in order to demolish a rent-stabilized building. The DRA ruled against landlord because tenant's lease had expired on June 20, 2014,...
In 2016, landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling on whether tenant's apartment was rent stabilized. Landlord claimed that, after April 1993, prior landlord increased the dimensions of the apartment by adding square...
Tenant asked the DHCR to determine her apartment's legal rent after the Housing Court ruled that tenant was a rent-controlled successor tenant. The DRA ruled that the Maximum Collectible Rent (MCR) for the...
Landlord asked the DHCR in 2016 for a ruling on the legal regulated rent for an apartment. Landlord claimed that the apartment occupant had been the building's janitor until his employment was terminated in...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrading. The DRA ruled against landlord because the DHCR had issued a prior MCI rent increase in 2008 for elevator upgrading that was still within...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for permission to amend 2008 rent registrations for two apartments at its building. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that: (a) by April 2018, two...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant and found no overcharge. Tenant appealed and won. The DRA had noted that landlord claimed that it did individual...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2017 of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $40,051, including triple damages and interest, and after deducting $20,116 in unpaid rent that...
Tenants complained to the DHCR in 2018 of rent overcharge, claiming that from July 1, 1998, through June 30, 2015, landlord received J-51 tax benefits but had improperly deregulated their apartment. They had moved...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to demolish a building containing rent-stabilized apartments. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that the "owner has not submitted a firm commitment letter from a...
Tenant filed an application with the DHCR in 2015, asking for a ruling on his SRO unit's regulatory status and legal regulated rent (LRR). In 2019, the DRA found that the unit was rent stabilized and that the...
