Tenant complained in October 2019 of rent overcharge. Tenant moved into the apartment on Nov. 1, 2014, and paid an initial rent of $7,775 under a one-year lease. The building received 421-g tax benefits that...
Tenant complained to the DHCR that her apartment was unlawfully deregulated while receiving Section 421-g tax benefits and that she was overcharged. Tenant moved into the unit on Jan. 15, 2015, and paid $3,164 per...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of her apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the apartment had been legally deregulated.
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) referred a rent overcharge complaint to the DRA after an audit investigation determined that the legal rent registered for an apartment wasn't fully substantiated. The...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new roof as well as building facade restoration, pointing, and waterproofing. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants incorrectly...
The DHCR started a proceeding against landlord after finding that landlord failed to register a building that was subject to rent stabilization due to receipt of J-51 tax benefits between July 1, 2017, and June 30,...
Tenant asked the DHCR for a ruling on her rent stabilization status in 2014 after landlord sent notice that the apartment was no longer subject to rent stabilization due to expiration of the building's J-51 tax...
Landlord asked the DHCR in 2018 for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation after Jan. 1, 1974. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Landlord...
Landlord asked the DHCR in 2016 to determine whether its building was rent stabilized. Landlord claimed that the building was exempt from regulation due to substantial rehabilitation performed after Jan. 1, 1974....
Landlord applied to the DHCR in 2011 for permission to modify building services in a loft building by terminating rent inclusion of electricity for tenants and changing from master metering to direct metering of...
Landlord asked the DHCR in 2017 for a ruling on whether its building was exempt from rent regulation due to substantial rehabilitation. Landlord stated that the building was vacant when the rehab began, and that the...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for permission to demolish an eight-unit building in order to construct a two-family house. A rent-controlled tenant in the building objected, claiming that landlord wasn't acting in...
