Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of vestibule doors. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that the cost for the doors was excessive. Landlord pointed out that...
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) filed a rent overcharge complaint with the DRA after auditing claimed individual apartment improvements (IAIs). New landlord claimed that the apartment was vacant in August...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2018, claiming rent overcharge and improper deregulation of her apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the apartment was legally vacancy-deregulated in 2012 before...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2013 of rent overcharge. He lived in a building that received a RPTL 421-g tax abatement. But landlord claimed that the unit was unregulated and had refused to give tenant a renewal...
Tenant who lived in a building that received RPTL Section 421-g tax benefits complained in 2016 of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $14,483, including interest.
Rent-stabilized tenant complained in 2018 of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge since the base rent date. The DRA did direct landlord to amend the 2014 apartment registration to...
Tenant complained to the DHCR on June 20, 2019, of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. He claimed that the last prior monthly rent was $1,023, and that landlord charged him $3,500. He also claimed...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained in 2017 of rent overcharge based on an outstanding DHCR rent reduction order based on a reduction in services that had been issued in 2000 without any subsequent rent restoration...
Rent-stabilized tenant complaint of rent overcharge in 2016. Tenant had lived in the apartment since 1991 and claimed that, at some point, landlord discontinued a preferential rent granted to tenant. Tenant also...
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) filed a rent overcharge complaint in 2017 on tenant's behalf, claiming that the apartment's legal registered rent wasn't fully substantiated after a TPU audit...
Tenant complained in 2017 of improper deregulation and rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the apartment was deregulated. Tenant appealed and lost. The building received J-51 tax benefits...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $2,353, including interest. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that the legal...
