Tenants complained separately in 2016 of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of their shared apartment. Each tenant had rented a single room in the same apartment without a lease. The DRA combined the cases,...
Tenants complained to the DHCR in 2016, claiming rent overcharge and improper deregulation of their apartment. The DRA ruled for tenants and ordered landlord to refund $59,238, including interest.
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2016, claiming that she was never advised by landlord that she was rent stabilized, and had recently received a renewal lease offer seeking to revoke what landlord...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant in 2018 and ordered landlord to refund $38,622, including interest. Tenant appealed, and the DHCR sent the case back to the DRA after...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2017. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $4,950, including triple damages for willful overcharge.
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2017. The DRA ruled for tenant, and ordered landlord to refund an overcharge with interest but no triple damages since landlord showed there was no willful rent...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of her apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant, found that tenant was rent stabilized, and found an overcharge of $1,169, including triple...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. Landlord admitted that the apartment had been mistakenly deregulated while the building received J-51 tax benefits. But landlord...
Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent regulation due to substantial rehabilitation in 2008. The DRA ruled against landlord. Landlord spent $24,000 to convert a six-unit SRO...
An unregulated tenant asked the DHCR to determine his status, claiming that he was rent stabilized. Tenant said that he moved into his apartment in 1984, when the building was part of a horizontal multiple dwelling (...
Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling on a building's rent-regulatory status. Landlord claimed that the building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation performed between February 2016...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a chimney relining and boiler. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that the application was untimely. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord argued that...
