NYS DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL

Landlord Set Lawful Legal Regulated Rent After Unit's Temporary Exemption

April 26, 2021    

Rent-stabilized tenants complained of rent overcharge. In 2018 the DRA ruled against tenants, finding that the 2021 base date rent of $1,582 charged to tenants was proper. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants claimed...

Landlord Proved Apartment Was Deregulated

April 26, 2021    

Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. Landlord asserted that the apartment was deregulated in 2009 when the rent was increased from $1,893 to $2,196 after application...

Tenant Showed No Proof of Fraud

April 26, 2021    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2017. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. Tenant paid a preferential rent on the base rent date, and there had been no rent increase up to the...

DHCR Won't Accept Rent Records Submitted for the First Time with PAR

April 26, 2021    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2013. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund an overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant because landlord failed to produce rent history records...

DHCR Won't Consider Tenant's Unsupported Rent Fraud Claim

April 26, 2021    

Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2018 of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. The DRA ruled for tenant and found a rent overcharge of $4,446, including triple damages. Landlord and tenant both...

Tenant Claims She's Rent Controlled, Not Stabilized

April 26, 2021    

Tenant, who claimed she was rent controlled, complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant in April 2019, finding that the apartment was rent stabilized and that there was no overcharge....

New Building Blocks Light and Air to Tenants' Windows

April 23, 2021    

Rent-stabilized tenants complained to the DHCR of a reduction in services after their windows were blocked when a new building was erected in the empty lot next door and partially obstructed air and light to their...

Landlord Didn't Certify Enough Corrected Violations for MBR Order of Eligibility

April 21, 2021    

In April 2019, landlord filed with the DHCR a violation certification form for the 2020-2021 maximum base rent (MBR) biennial cycle for rent-controlled tenants in the building. The form certified that all rent-...

RA Improperly Applied HSTPA Amendments Retroactively

April 21, 2021    

Tenant complained in 2017 of rent overcharge and unlawful deregulation of her apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant in February 2020, found that she was rent stabilized, and ordered landlord to refund over $77,000,...

DHCR Dismisses 2019 High-Rent/High-Income Deregulation Applications

April 20, 2021    

In February 2019, landlord filed three applications for high-rent/high-income deregulation of rent-stabilized apartments in one building. The DRA ruled against landlord in August 2019 based on the enactment of the...

Occupant Not Entitled to Renewal Lease for Rent-Controlled Unit

April 20, 2021    

An apartment occupant named Caminiti complained to the DHCR that landlord failed to offer her a renewal lease. She said she moved into the apartment in April 1992, she paid no rent, and she had requested a lease for...

MCI Increase Granted for Backflow Prevention Device Installation

April 20, 2021    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on exterior restoration work and installation of a backflow prevention device. The DRA ruled for landlord and increased tenants' rents. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant...