Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrading. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. The elevator upgrade was performed before the 25-year useful life of the prior...
Landlord applied for an MCI rent increase based on installation of a garage roof. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants claimed that landlord had been negligent in maintaining the garage and...
Landlord applied in May 2018 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment based on contested household income for the years 2016 and 2017. The DRA denied landlord's application...
The DRA granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes in 2014, with an approved rent increase of $9.45 per room effective Oct. 1, 2013, for rent-stabilized apartments and Feb. 1, 2014, for rent-controlled...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on rewiring with related wall repairs and an installation of a new chimney stack. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. The rewiring work wasn't done as...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a boiler/burner, courtyard and walkways, waste compactor, TV/security camera system, and a garage roof and door. The DRA ruled for landlord in...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to refuse renewal of a rent-stabilized lease and proceed for eviction based on its application for approval of building demolition under RSC Section 2524.5(a)(2) and DHCR...
Landlord applied in 2020 for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation. Landlord claimed that the building was in a substantially deteriorated condition due to a...
Landlord applied in 2019 for a DHCR ruling that its building was exempt from rent stabilization based on substantial rehabilitation. Landlord bought the building in 2008, and submitted proof, including DOB job...
Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling on the rent regulatory status of an apartment. A rent-controlled tenant had lived in the apartment until her death in 2016. Tenant had continued to pay rent although she bought a...
In June 2015, tenant filed a service reduction complaint with the DHCR but the DRA terminated the proceeding after tenant withdrew the complaint in January 2016. Tenant filed another service reduction complaint in...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of a reduction in services. DHCR inspection confirmed that landlord failed to maintain the kitchen cabinet, sink, entry door frame alignment, paint and plaster in the...
