Building tenants applied to the DHCR for a determination of the building's rent regulatory status. They claimed that the building was built before 1974, contained at least six units, and was rehabilitated with...
Landlord applied to the DHCR to request amendment of annual rent registrations for an apartment for the years 1990 to 2023. Landlord claimed that the apartment's status was incorrectly registered as rent...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2022. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $15,881, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that the total overcharge with triple damages was $140,625. But since landlord had already refunded $143,891, no refund was...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2018, claiming that landlord's rent increases and claimed preferential rent were improper. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that although the tenant's...
After an IAI audit of tenant's apartment, the DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) referred the matter to the DRA for processing of a rent overcharge complaint. The DRA disallowed a small portion of landlord...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2022. The DRA ruled for tenant and found that landlord owed tenant overcharges totalling $1,561 with interest. The DRA also found that landlord owed...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge, based on landlord's collection of the full legal regulated rent from tenant while a prior DHCR rent reduction order remained in effect. The DRA...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2020, claiming rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that her apartment was no longer rent stabilized. Tenant appealed and lost. The base rent date for tenant's...
Landlord applied to the DHCR, seeking a determination that its Yonkers building was exempt from rent regulation based on substantial rehabilitation. The DRA ruled for landlord, who bought the building in 1989 when it...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent regulation due to a substantial rehabilitation completed during the 1980s. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that it failed to...
Tenant in a 421-a building complained that landlord failed to offer him a rent-stabilized renewal lease. Tenant had lived in the apartment since 1976. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to offer a renewal...
