NYS DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL

Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Daughter Gets Apartment

May 25, 2021    

Rent-stabilized tenant's daughter filed a lease violation complaint, claiming that landlord refused to offer her a renewal lease after tenant died in October 2019. The daughter claimed succession rights and said...

Landlord Must Offer Renewal Lease Even If Tenant Wasn't Paying Rent

May 25, 2021    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained that landlord hadn't offered him a renewal lease in 2019. His last renewal lease expired on Aug. 31, 2019. In response, landlord said that tenant hadn't paid rent since...

Demolition Plan Didn't Include Post-Demolition Construction Provision

May 25, 2021    

Landlord applied to the DHCR in 2019 for permission to demolish a building, refuse to renew tenant's lease, and proceed for eviction. With its application, landlord submitted plans approved by DOB and a bank...

Landlord Didn't Prove It Collected a Preferential Rent on Base Rent Date

May 24, 2021    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained in 2016 of rent overcharge, claiming that landlord incorrectly claimed that tenant paid a preferential rent. Tenant also claimed that the apartment rent was increased fraudulently to...

No Overcharge Occurred When Landlord Raised Preferential Rent

May 24, 2021    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. Tenant appealed and lost. Records showed that the base date legal regulated rent was $1,449 and the...

Landlord Documented Individual Apartment Improvements

May 24, 2021    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that landlord was entitled to a rent increase for individual apartment improvements (IAIs) when tenant moved in. Tenant...

Immediately Hazardous Violations Were Cleared Before Application Filed

May 24, 2021    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrading. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost.

Lobby Repairs Can't Be Part of MCI Increase for Vestibule

May 24, 2021    

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of new windows, new main entry and vestibule doors, and a CCTV security system. The DRA ruled for landlord and deducted a commercial allocation based on...

Swimming Pool Used by Fee-Paying Members Wasn't a Required Service

May 24, 2021    

Landlord of a rent-stabilized four-building apartment complex in Mount Vernon applied to the DHCR for permission to replace a swimming pool with other recreational facilities. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants...

Tenant's Long-Term Fenced-In Roof Patio Wasn't a De Minimis Service

May 24, 2021    

Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify services by eliminating a fenced-in private rooftop patio connected to rent-stabilized tenant's apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord on condition that landlord...

DHCR Recalculates Legal Rent for Rent-Stabilized Tenant in SRO Hotel

May 24, 2021    

After an appeals court ruled in 2015 that an SRO hotel occupant qualified as a permanent tenant under rent stabilization, landlord applied to the DHCR for a ruling to determine the unit's legal regulated rent. In...

Approval of Intercom Modification Subject to One-Year Trial Period

May 24, 2021    

Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify required services at its building by replacing an existing copper wire intercom system with a telephone-based intercom system. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant...