Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling in 2018 that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation in 2014. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. The DHCR found that...
Tenant complained to the DHCR that his apartment had been illegally deregulated and that landlord refused to renew his lease. Landlord argued that, while prior landlord owned the building, a subtenant moved into the...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify required services in a condo building with some rent-stabilized units, by eliminating the small laundry rooms on each floor and replacing them with one central laundry...
Tenant asked the DHCR to determine her apartment's rent-regulatory status and set the legal rent. She had lived in the unit since 2008 and claimed that it had been improperly deregulated. Landlord claimed that...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to amend the 2019 rent registration for Apt. 54 in its building. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that it mistakenly registered the...
Tenant asked the DHCR in 2020 for a ruling on whether she was rent stabilized. Tenant had lived in the building since 2011, claimed that the building was constructed prior to 1974, and currently contained a store and...
The DHCR granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on facade work. One tenant appealed, claiming that he wasn't subject to an MCI rent increase during the term of his vacancy lease, signed in...
The DHCR's Rent Administrator issued a modification order in connection with a previously granted MCI rent increase application due to the building's J-51 tax abatement. One tenant appealed and lost. Tenant...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on exterior restoration work, new windows, balcony doors, and related consulting engineer fees. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost. They claimed that there...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in required services because cooking gas service wasn't being provided. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent based on DHCR inspection in November 2021....
Prior landlord submitted an application to the DHCR in 2004, seeking a ruling that the building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation. The DRA dismissed that case because prior landlord...
Rent-stabilized tenants complained to the DHCR of a reduction in required services after HPD issued a Vacate Order for their apartment because it became uninhabitable after a fire. The DRA ruled for tenants and...
