Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $7,447, including triple damages and interest. The DRA found that the base date rent was lawful, but there...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA found no overcharge but ordered landlord to offer tenant a renewal lease based on the current legal rent of $623 per month. Landlord appealed and lost....
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $32,825, including triple damages and interest. Landlord appealed and lost. The DRA had excluded a $50...
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) audited landlord for noncompliance with two DHCR rent reduction orders that froze tenant's rent. Based on landlord's failure to resolve the matter with TPU, TPU...
Tenant in a building receiving J-51 tax benefits complained of rent overcharge in 2017. The DRA ruled for tenant and found that: (a) the apartment had been rent controlled until 2012 when it became vacant; (b)...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant received a rent-stabilized vacancy lease when she moved into the unit in October 1995. But...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge after applying lawful rent increases to the four-year base date rent. While tenant initially paid a preferential rent, his...
Rent-stabilized tenant in a 421-a building complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $13,745, including interest. Landlord appealed and won in part. The DHCR agreed with...
(Decision submitted by attorney David Hershey-Webb of the Manhattan law firm of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP, who represented the tenants.)
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant in 2018 and ordered landlord to refund $318, including interest. The DRA found no colorable claim of any fraudulent scheme to deregulate...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $1,590, including interest. The DRA found that the apartment had been lawfully deregulated in 1997 due to high-rent...
Tenant complained in 2015 of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $11,494, including interest. The DRA disallowed landlord's claimed $45,000...
