NYS DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL

Reconstruction of Demolished Building Resulted in Exemption from Rent Regulation

October 23, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR, seeking a determination that its Yonkers building was exempt from rent regulation based on substantial rehabilitation. The DRA ruled for landlord, who bought the building in 1989 when it...

Landlord Didn't Prove Building Was Substantially Rehabilitated

October 23, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent regulation due to a substantial rehabilitation completed during the 1980s. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that it failed to...

Tenant in 421-a Building Since 1976 Remained Rent Stabilized After Tax Benefits Expired

October 13, 2024    

Tenant in a 421-a building complained that landlord failed to offer him a rent-stabilized renewal lease. Tenant had lived in the apartment since 1976. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to offer a renewal...

Apartment Occupant Fails to Prove Illusory Tenancy

October 13, 2024    

An apartment occupant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming that the tenant of record was an illusory tenant and that landlord should be directed to offer her a rent-stabilized lease instead. The...

Landlord Offered Renewal Lease Under Proper Rent Guidelines

October 13, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained in 2023 that landlord failed to offer him a renewal lease. Landlord claimed that it had offered tenant timely renewal leases in September 2023 and March 2024. The DRA ruled for...

Tenant's Daughter Couldn't Claim Pass-on Rights to Unit Already Leased to Tenant's Son

October 13, 2024    

Apartment occupant, who was rent-stabilized tenant's daughter, filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR. She claimed succession rights to the apartment and said that she had moved in to take care of her...

Landlord Must Renew Lease After Tenant Complies with Court Stipulation

October 13, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to renew her lease when her lease expired on Nov. 30, 2020. Landlord claimed that it had sent tenant a timely termination notice based on illegally...

DHCR Reasonably Ruled That Landlord Substantially Rehabbed Building

September 23, 2024    

In 2018, landlord applied to the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent stabilization based on a substantial rehabilitation of the premises performed in 1995.

Tenant Fails to Admit DHCR Inspector for No-Access Inspection

September 23, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in required services. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced her rent. Landlord later filed an application to restore rent based on restoration of services. The DRA...

Rent-Stabilized Tenants Entitled to Certain Number of Non-Duplicable Keys at No Charge

September 23, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenants complained of a building-wide service reduction based on landlord's modification of the lock system for the main building entrance before early 2021 without obtaining prior DHCR approval...

Broken Bathroom Door Lock and Cracked Flooring Weren't Minor Conditions

September 23, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of a reduction in services based on various conditions in the kitchen, bathroom, living room, and with the mailbox and entrance door lock. The DRA ruled for tenant and...

Tenant's Service Reduction Complaint Dismissed After She Cancelled DHCR Inspection

September 23, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of a reduction in required services based on landlord's failure to enter her apartment information into a new intercom system. The DRA ruled against tenant after...