Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2017. She had moved into the apartment in August 2016 at an initial rent of $2,850. Landlord claimed that the apartment was vacancy deregulated when tenant moved in...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge based on landlord's failure to comply with a prior DHCR rent reduction order. The DRA found that the legal base date rent was $1,135.18 per month. But the base...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge, and claimed that his apartment had been fraudulently rented for commercial use before he moved in. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the base date rent four...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant after finding that the apartment had been vacancy-deregulated in 2009. Tenant appealed and lost. Landlord proved the deregulation through...
Tenants complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled against tenants, who appealed and lost. The DHCR found that the DRA had properly determined that the apartment was properly deregulated more...
Tenant asked the DHCR for an administrative determination (AD) that his apartment was rent stabilized and to set the legal rent. Tenant claimed that he moved into the unit in 2008 and that landlord had fraudulently...
In 2016, tenant asked the DHCR for an administrative determination (AD) that his apartment was subject to rent stabilization. Tenant complained that landlord claimed the apartment was rent controlled. The DRA ruled...
Tenants who moved into an apartment in June 2014 filed a DHCR service reduction complaint in 2017. The DRA ruled for tenants in 2018. Landlord filed a PAR of that order, claiming that the apartment was unregulated....
Landlord filed applications with the DHCR in 2019 seeking determinations that three buildings were exempt from rent stabilization based on substantial rehabilitation.
Landlord applied to the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that landlord hadn't proved that 75...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes in January 2019 based on elevator upgrading. The DRA ruled for landlord in October 2019. The DRA applied provisions concerning MCI rent hikes contained in HSTPA, which amended the...
In 2017 the DHCR's Rent Administrator initiated a proceeding to determine whether parking was a required service at landlord's building. In 2018, the DRA ruled that parking wasn't a required service since...
