Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new fuel oil tank and fuel line. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that the work was an interim repair rather than a building-wide improvement....
In 2016, tenant asked the DHCR to make an administrative determination that his apartment was subject to rent stabilization. Tenant also asked the DHCR to determine the "correct legal rent." In response,...
Landlord asked the DHCR in March 2017 for a ruling on an apartment's rent regulation status and monthly legal rent. Landlord said it bought the building from tenant in 2010. Tenant lived in the apartment before...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of an oil/gas burner. The DRA ruled for landlord in part but denied costs for a gas piping installation. Landlord appealed and won. The DHCR acknowledged that...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new roof, iron fences, and railings. The DRA ruled against landlord because 35 percent or fewer of the building's apartments were subject...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of an oil/gas burner. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, denying that portion of the application that sought a rent increase for installation of gas piping....
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on gas re-piping and asbestos removal. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants claimed that there were 28 outstanding HPD B violations and...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on building-wide kitchen and bathroom modernizations. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Effective June 14, 2019, HSTPA amended rent control and rent...
Rent-controlled tenant complained to the DHCR of a reduction in building-wide services based on landlord's denial of roof access. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced her rent. Landlord appealed and lost....
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR that her apartment had become uninhabitable after a fire. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced her rent to $1 per month effective Oct. 20, 2020, the date of the fire...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained in 2021 of a reduction in required services based on a number of conditions throughout his apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant, reduced his rent and ordered restoration of services....
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in required services. The DRA ruled for tenant, reduced his rent, and directed landlord to restore services. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that it wasn...
