Rent-stabilized tenants complained to the DHCR of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents, based on conditions that included mailbox issues. Landlord later applied for...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services based on multiple apartment defects. Tenant claimed that the kitchen cabinets were broken; the kitchen ceiling leaked; the bathroom shower knobs, wall,...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2017, claiming that prior landlord committed rent fraud. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. At the outset, the DHCR noted that the DRA...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant in 2017 and ordered landlord to refund $16,043, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that tenant...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $692, including triple damages. Tenant appealed and lost. After tenant filed his PAR, the HSTPA was...
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) filed a rent overcharge complaint against landlord in 2017 after conducting a rent audit. The DRA found an overcharge and ordered landlord to refund tenant $19,905,...
Tenant in a rent-stabilized building subject to J-51 tax benefits complained to the DHCR in October 2012 of rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that it acknowledged the overcharge in accordance with the 2009 ...
Tenant complained in 2017 of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the unit had been rent-controlled until it became temporarily exempt from rent regulation...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2013 of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant in part. The apartment was rent stabilized, the legal base date rent was the $1,300 paid...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant. Tenant presented no proof indicating any rent fraud by landlord. The base rent date was Jan....
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) conducted a rent registration audit and determined that an apartment's legal regulated rent wasn't fully substantiated. The TPU referred the case to the DRA after...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2017. Tenant had moved into the apartment in 2010. The DRA ruled for tenant. The base rent date was Apr. 27, 2013. The DRA had issued a separate...
