Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrading. The DRA ruled against landlord in 2014, finding that there was an outstanding DHCR rent reduction order in effect for failure to maintain building-wide...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on exterior restoration with related consultant services, as well as a heating system conversion. The DRA ruled for landlord, granting the rent increases. Tenants appealed...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on exterior restoration with related consultant services, as well as a heating system conversion. The DRA ruled for landlord, granting the rent increases. Tenants appealed...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a hot water heater supplier and installer, a burner, and a new roof. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, but denied any increase for the roof. The DHCR...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify building services for rent-stabilized tenants at its building by replacing their gas cooking stoves with electric stoves. The DRA ruled for landlord. Two tenants...
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...
