The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) conducted an audit of an apartment's registered rent-stabilized rent. After finding that landlord hadn't fully substantiated the registered rent, TPU filed a rent...
Tenant complained in 2018 of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that landlord properly added a rent increase for individual apartment improvements (IAIs) to the...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge, claiming that landlord didn't properly account for interest on tenant's $200 security deposit paid in 1978. The DRA ruled that this was a "specific...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $42,108, including triple damages and interest. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord argued that...
Rent-stabilized tenant filed a lease violation complaint in February 2021. Tenant said that he had received a renewal lease offer dated Oct. 3, 2020, even though his last lease expired on May 31, 2020. Tenant claimed...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained that landlord had offered him a renewal lease that incorrectly included his ex-wife's name and an incorrect security deposit increase. Tenant claimed that he had marked up the...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained that landlord didn't offer him a timely renewal lease and that his name was misspelled on the renewal lease that was offered late. The DRA ruled against tenant after landlord...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. The unit had been temporarily exempt from rent stabilization before tenant moved in, and landlord then set the next rent as deregulated, at an...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a parapet. The DRA ruled for landlord and granted rent increases for the parapet work and installation of a sidewalk bridge during the work.
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on roof and/or facade work. The DRA ruled for landlord but exempted four apartments from any rent increase due to water leaks and damage to walls and ceilings. A fifth tenant...
Landlord of a Yonkers building sought permission to proceed with the eviction of tenant who claimed she was overcharged. Tenant had filed a separate overcharge claim with the DHCR, which was pending before the DRA....
Landlord asked the DHCR in 2019 for a ruling on the rent-regulatory status of three buildings that it claimed were substantially rehabilitated by the prior building owner in the 1980s. Landlord stated that the rehab...
