Landlord gave new tenants a deregulated lease in 2005 after removing the apartment from rent stabilization in 2003 under the Rent Stabilization Law's vacancy decontrol provisions. At the time, and until 2013, the...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that the apartment wasn't rent stabilized because the building's mortgage Subordination Agreement and Regulatory Agreement with the City of...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained in 2018 of rent overcharge and an improper renewal lease offer. The DRA found no overcharge but noted that the legal regulated base date rent for tenant's Feb. 1, 2016, renewal...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2017. Tenant moved into the apartment in 1991 at a monthly rent of $400. By the time of his complaint, tenant paid $805 per month. Tenant claimed that the...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $7,413, including interest and triple damages. Landlord appealed and challenged the triple damage...
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...
