Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord offered an improper renewal lease by seeking to increase tenant's security deposit by more than a guidelines increase over the preferential rent paid by...
Tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord failed to offer her a renewal lease on the same terms and conditions as her expiring lease, and had taken away a utility credit that was part of her original lease term....
Apartment occupant claimed succession rights and complained to the DHCR in 2017 that landlord failed to offer him a renewal lease after rent-stabilized tenant died. Occupant said that he had a nontraditional family...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2013. The DRA ruled for tenant in early 2020 and ordered landlord to refund $52,876, including treble damages. The DRA then deducted a $16,442 refund already made to tenant....
Tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2014. Landlord claimed that the apartment was vacancy-deregulated before tenant moved in. The DRA ruled for tenant and found she was rent stabilized. Landlord appealed and lost...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2012. Landlord claimed that the apartment was vacancy-deregulated in 2010 before tenant moved in because individual apartment improvements (IAIs) added a rent increase that...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of her apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding the legal rent to be $1,750 per month. Landlord appealed and argued that prior tenant paid $2,188....
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $19,736, including triple damages and interest. Landlord appealed and lost. Tenant moved into the 421-a...
Tenants complained of rent overcharge in 2017 and claimed that landlord had fraudulently deregulated their apartment in 2004. Although landlord failed to submit proof that the apartment was vacancy-deregulated in...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant in 2018 and ordered landlord to refund $6,150, including triple damages. Landlord appealed, and the DHCR sent the case back to the DRA in...
Rent-stabilized tenant filed a fair market rent appeal (FMRA) in 2016, stating that she was the first rent-stabilized tenant of the apartment after vacancy decontrol, and that landlord impermissibly charged a...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding the apartment to be rent stabilized and directing landlord to refund $35,392, including interest....
