Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent stabilization because it had been substantially rehabilitated between November 2013 and September 2014. The DRA ruled for landlord. One...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new roof. The DRA ruled for landlord and increased tenants' rents. One tenant appealed, claiming that the DRA incorrectly found that his unit had six...
Landlord, the owner of various rent-controlled apartments in adjoining condominium buildings, filed a hardship rent increase application with the DHCR under rent control regulations Section 2202.8 based on its...
Landlord, the owner of unsold shares of four rent-controlled apartments in a co-op building, filed a hardship rent increase application with the DHCR under rent control regulations Section 2202.8 in 1996 based on its...
In two similar cases, the DHCR addressed applications by individual shareholder-tenants who sought comparative hardship rent increases for rent-stabilized apartments that each individual held in their respective...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of her apartment. Tenant moved into the unit on June 1, 2016, under a non-stabilized lease at a rent of $2,500 per month. Landlord had registered the...
Rent-stabilized tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR in April 2022. His renewal lease commencing May 1, 2021, had listed a legal regulated rent (LRR) of $1,644.07 per month and a preferential rent (...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify doorman services at two adjoining addresses. Landlord sought to eliminate one of its two doormen and add a video security system and intercom.
Tenant asked the DHCR for a ruling on whether his apartment was subject to rent stabilization, claiming the pre-war building at one point contained six apartments. Landlord claimed that the building contained fewer...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to substitute a rent-stabilized building's steam radiator/pipe heating system with electric split HVAC units in each apartment that would be wired to the building's...
Tenant complaied to the DHCR, claiming that she was rent stabilized and that landlord refused to give her a lease. Landlord argued that the building was a four-family brownstone building and therefore not subject to...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify building-wide services in a rent-stabilized building by replacing a lobby attendant who worked 30 hours per week with 30 security cameras and a monitoring system. The...
