Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge after moving out of her Yonkers apartment. She claimed that landlord charged her two months' security deposit when she moved in, along with two...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2018 and claimed fraud by landlord after landlord discontinued a claimed preferential rent. The DRA ruled against tenant and found no overcharge.
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) completed an audit of an apartment's rent and found that the legal registered rent wasn't fully substantiated. The TPU directed landlord to reset the legal rent,...
Rent-stabilized tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR. He claimed that he moved into the Yonkers apartment in 2012 at a monthly rent of $520 without a written lease. His last lease was for two years...
In 2020, rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to sign and return to tenant a fully executed renewal lease that tenant had signed. Tenant also said that landlord wasn't accepting his...
The son of a rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR after tenant died, claiming that he had succession rights and that landlord refused to give him a renewal lease. The son claimed that he moved in with tenant...
Rent-stabilized tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming that landlord refused to add her spouse's name to her renewal lease. Tenant pointed out that she was disabled and her husband was...
Tenant filed an "AD" application and asked the DHCR to rule on whether he was subject to rent regulation. Landlord claimed that the building was legally converted to a five-unit apartment building in 1936...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of a reduction of services in his apartment. Landlord argued that tenant wasn't rent stabilized because the building contained only five apartments. The DRA then opened an "AD...
In 2017, tenant filed an administrative proceeding application with the DHCR, and sought a ruling on the rent-regulated status of her apartment. She had lived in the building for 43 years, and in the subject...
Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent regulation based on substantial rehabilitation. The DRA ruled for landlord. DOB approved landlord's application and renovation...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of several improvements. The DRA granted the application based on installation of a chimney and rewiring but denied any increase for basement lighting. Tenant...
