Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in 2017 after tenant failed to respond to the Income Certification Form (ICF) that landlord had sent him. In November...
Tenant complained that his apartment had been improperly deregulated. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding in 2018 that the apartment was a newly created unit, that the first legal rent was above the $2,000 high-...
Tenant filed a fair market rent appeal (FMRA) in 2017, challenging the initial $2,400 rent set by landlord in 2012 after the prior rent-controlled tenant vacated the apartment. The DRA dismissed the FMRA as untimely...
Landlord applied for 2020-21 Maximum Base Rent (MBR) increases for rent-controlled apartments in its building. The DRA denied landlord's application on July 30, 2020, finding that landlord failed to meet...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge based on outstanding rent reduction orders. The DRA ruled for tenant and found the overcharge was willful. Although rent restoration orders had been issued in...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services, claiming that his stove and oven weren't working properly. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the stove/oven was working properly and cooking...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $1,924, with interest. Landlord had refunded more than this amount to tenant in response to the complaint...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund a total of $386, including triple damages. In 2017, landlord had increased tenant's monthly...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2017 based on a DHCR rent reduction order. The DRA ruled for tenant and noted that some overcharge refund or rent credit had been made by landlord. Tenant...
Tenant complained in 2017 of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. In response, landlord acknowledged that tenant was rent stabilized, reduced tenant's rent, and issued an overcharge refund...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $11,250, including interest and triple damages. The overcharge finding was based on a DHCR rent...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2018 of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. The apartment had been legally deregulated in June 2008 due to high-...
