NYS DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL

Apartment in Building Under HPD Regulatory Agreement Was Mistakenly Registered with DHCR

July 22, 2024    

Tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord failed to offer her a renewal lease on the same terms and conditions as the expiring lease. The DRA terminated the proceeding, finding it had no jurisdiction because the...

Occupant Claiming to Be Partner of Evicted Tenant Doesn't Get Succession Rights

July 22, 2024    

Apartment occupant filed a lease violation complaint in 2023, claiming succession rights and stating that landlord failed to give her a renewal lease after rent-stabilized tenant was evicted from the apartment....

No Rent Fraud or Rent Overcharge Found

July 22, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge on July 9, 2019. Tenant had moved into the apartment on Dec. 1, 2002, 17 years earlier. The DRA dismissed tenant's complaint after landlord...

Former Hospital Employee-Occupant Didn't Become Subject to Rent Stabilization Upon Retirement

July 22, 2024    

Tenant sought a ruling from the DHCR that he was subject to rent stabilization. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that his occupancy was contingent upon his employment with Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) and was...

Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Son Gets Apartment

July 22, 2024    

The son of a deceased rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to give him a renewal lease after tenant died. The son claimed succession rights to the apartment. The DRA ruled for the son....

PAR Sent by Fed Ex More Than 35 Days after DRO Order Issued Was Dismissed as Untimely

July 22, 2024    

Tenant filed a PAR to appeal a DHCR Rent Administrator's order issued on May 19, 2022. The DHCR dismissed the PAR because it was filed more than two years after the DRA's order was issued. Tenant claimed that...

Landlord Didn't Document Sub Rehab or Show Building Was 80% Vacant Before Work Began

July 22, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation of the building that took place after Dec. 31, 1973. The DRA ruled against landlord...

Landlord Didn't Prove Apartment Was Vacancy Deregulated in 2013

July 22, 2024    

Tenant complained to the DHCR of a reduction in required services. In response, landlord claimed that the apartment had been vacancy deregulated and wasn't subject to rent stabilization. The DHCR then opened a...

Sixth Apartment Added to Pre-1974 Building Made Building Subject to Rent Stabilization

July 22, 2024    

The DHCR issued an order on June 10, 2022, finding that tenant's apartment was subject to rent stabilization. Landlord filed an Article 78 court appeal of the DHCR's decision, and the case was sent back to...

DHCR Reopens MCI Application for Consideration of BPD Under Reasonable Cost Schedule

June 25, 2024    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a Reduced Pressure Zone (RPZ) backflow prevention device (BPD). The DRA ruled against landlord because it failed to submit a waiver request in connection...

Landlord Didn't Address Pending Violations in Response to DRA Inquiries

June 25, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new roof, brickwork, and a backflow prevention device. The DRA ruled against landlord based on its failure to address class 1 and 2 ECB...

MCI Application Proceeding Reopened for Landlord to Submit Reasonable Cost Waiver Request

June 25, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a Reduced Pressure Zone (RPZ) backflow prevention device. The DRA ruled against landlord based on landlord's failure to submit a waiver...