Tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2016. The DRA ruled for tenant in part in 2018, and ordered landlord to refund $1,695 in excess security deposit. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that her apartment...
In August 2014, landlord asked the DHCR to amend annual apartment registrations for 80 units in its building. Landlord claimed that the prior landlord had in recent years incorrectly registered deregulated apartments...
Prior landlord asked the DHCR in 1996 to rule on whether its five-apartment building located at 11 West 84th Street in Manhattan was exempt from rent stabilization. Landlord's next-door building at 11 1/2 West...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify its building's central heating system from a steam pipe/radiator system to an electrical baseboard heating system with individual baseboard units in each apartment...
Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in 2011. The DRA ruled for landlord in 2017 after the Dept. of Taxation and Finance (DTF) couldn't make a tax...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on a courtyard/walkway installation, architect's fee, related inspections, courtyard doors, and a TV/security system. The DRA ruled for landlord.
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on building-wide rewiring, plumbing re-piping, and gas re-piping. The DRA ruled for landlord and tenants appealed, making a number of claims.
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrading. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that landlord had failed to submit proof of all payments as well as proof of having resolved all...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenants for nonpayment of rent. Tenants claimed that they were rent stabilized and asked the court to dismiss the case. They also claimed rent overcharge, and sought attorney's...
Tenant complained in July 2019 of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Although tenant paid $2,100 per month when he moved into the unit in...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. Landlord showed that the apartment had been owner-occupied between 1999 and 2004, then rented at a first rent to a prior tenant, then...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper deregulation in 2016. In 2014, tenant had moved into a building that received J-51 tax benefits between 2005 and 2017, at an initial rent of $3,750. The DRA ruled...
