Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of front and rear vestibule doors and a TV/security system. The DRA ruled for landlord but disallowed several expenses related to the vestibule doors...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes in 2012 based on a number of improvements. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, granting an increase for parapets and related work, as well as a CCTV system. But the DRA denied any...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrading. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, granting the increase for the upgrade but denying any increase for costs claimed in connection with cleaning and...
In September 2018, the DHCR's Rent Administrator issued an order modifying a prior MCI rent increase order, by modifying the rent increase for parapets temporarily due to a J-51 tax abatement offset for the work...
Landlord applied in 2016 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment, claiming that the legal regulated rent (LRR) was $2,700 per month and requesting verification of whether...
(Decision submitted by Mary D. Milone, Esq. of the Manhattan law firm of Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C., attorneys for the landlord.)
(Decision submitted by Dawn R. Myers, Esq. of the Manhattan law firm of Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C., attorneys for the landlord.)
Tenants complained to the DHCR of a reduction in building-wide services. They said that landlord began charging fees for storage lockers when storage was previously provided free of charge as a required service for...
Tenant complained that landlord failed to renew her lease, along with improper apartment deregulation and rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that the unit had been vacancy deregulated.
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge, claiming that landlord engaged in a fraudulent illusory tenancy scheme. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no rent overcharge. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $8,528, including interest. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord argued that the case should have been...
