Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a rent overcharge in 2018 that he argued resulted from landlord's claimed individual apartment improvement (IAI) costs. Landlord agreed there was an overcharge and refunded...
A Yonkers rent-stabilized tenant filed a specific rent overcharge complaint with the DHCR in 2018. He argued that his 2015 vacancy lease set forth a legal regulated rent (LRR) of $957 per month and a preferential...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2017. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that the base rent date was June 1, 2011, which was six years prior to the filing of tenant's complaint and finding...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in February 2019. The DRA ruled for tenant and found a total overcharge of $1,864. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant questioned landlord's claim that it spent $...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR in 2017 of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding a total overcharge of $5,120 with triple damages. But, since tenant owed landlord $14,975 in back rent, no...
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 (...
