The DHCR's Rent Administrator approved landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on an electrical upgrade. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that the installation of seven meters included in...
Tenant complained in 2017 that landlord failed to provide heat and hot water because it had converted the central boiler/hot water system to individual apartment-based heat/hot water systems in 2016. Landlord did so...
An apartment occupant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to offer her a rent-stabilized renewal lease after tenant died. She claimed she was the "daughter" and "primary health care attendant...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained that landlord refused to renew his lease. Tenant attached a copy of landlord's lease nonrenewal notice based on its claim of tenant's nonprimary residence. The DRA ruled for...
In 2017, the DHCR's Rent Administrator granted landlord's MCI rent increase application based on landlord's installation of a new roof, pointing, waterproofing, parapet, and sidewalk shed. Some tenants...
The grandson of rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR that he had succession rights but that landlord refused to offer him a renewal lease after tenant died. In response, landlord claimed it did offer the...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR in February 2021 that landlord refused to renew her lease. Landlord responded and said that it offered tenant a lease renewal on Aug. 31, 2020, but that tenant failed to...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2017. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. The DRA also found insufficient proof to support a colorable claim of fraudulent conduct by landlord...
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) filed a rent overcharge complaint on tenant's behalf in 2017, and claimed that the $2,700 rent charged by landlord in December 2014 constituted an overcharge. For the...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled for tenant and froze the $1,600 base date rent at $500 due to an outstanding rent reduction order. The DRA directed landlord to refund $219,...
Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in 2011. The DRA ruled against landlord in 2015, finding that the building received J-51 tax benefits and that none of...
