NYS DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL

Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Monthly Rent Reduced to $1 Following DOB Vacate Order

September 23, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant applied for a rent reduction based on decreased services after a fire cause him to involuntarily vacate his apartment on Jan. 16, 2024. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent to $1 per...

MCI Increase Granted for New Gas Piping

September 23, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of gas piping. The DRA ruled for landlord and increased tenants' rents. Tenants appealed and lost. Some tenants claimed that they hadn't...

DHCR Upholds Application of HSTPA Modifications to MCI Application Pending on June 14, 2019

September 23, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on plumbing repiping, rewiring, and roof door installation. The application was filed before June 14, 2019, when the HSTPA substantially amended MCI provisions of...

No Rent Reduction Orders Were Pending When MCI Application Was Granted

September 23, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new fuel storage tank. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and lost. They claimed that the DRA erred by processing the MCI...

Landlord Presented Insufficient Proof of Financial Ability to Complete Demolition

September 23, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for permission not to renew leases and to demolish a building that contained three rent-stabilized apartments. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that it hadn't satisfied the...

Landlord Can Replace Individual Cooking Gas Meters with Master Meter Gas Service

September 23, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for permission to modify required services by converting from individual apartment gas meters to a master meter gas service where landlord would pay for tenants' cooking gas service....

Tenant's Lease Violation Complaint Dismissed Because He Hadn't Signed Renewal Lease

September 23, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR in February 2023. Tenant claimed that he had lived in the unit since 1984 and that the last renewal lease landlord provided expired on Sept. 30,...

No Rent Increase Collected While Rent-Stabilized Tenant Was Month-to-Month

September 23, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR in August 2019 of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant argued that the DRA applied an incorrect base...

Willful Rent Overcharge Resulted from Unlawful and Discontinued On-Time Rent Concession

September 23, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $90,000, including triple damages and interest. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord had...

Recent Amendments to Rent Fraud Provisions Not Applied Retroactively to 2019 Complaint

September 23, 2024    

Tenant complained to the DHCR in August 2019 of rent overcharge and fraudulent deregulation of his apartment. Landlord answered that the apartment was lawfully deregulated when the rent reached $2,500 in 2011, that...

Tenant Gets No Attorney's Fees from DHCR in Rent Overcharge Case

September 22, 2024    

Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA dismissed the complaint, finding that the apartment wasn't rent stabilized. Tenant appealed and won, in part. The DHCR found that the apartment was rent...

Apartment in Building Under HPD Regulatory Agreement Was Subject to Rent Stabilization

September 22, 2024    

Tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming that landlord refused to offer him a rent-stabilized renewal lease. Tenant pointed out that he had received rent-stabilized leases from landlord in the...