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...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new gas system and related construction work, along with intercoms, pointing, and waterproofing. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed...
Rent-stabilized tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on a decrease in services to the security cameras and the windows. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. Landlord...
The DHCR's Rent Administrator opened an Administrative Proceeding to determine whether parking was a required service for rent-stabilized tenants at landlord's building. The DRA ruled that parking wasn't...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained that he had no heat. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Tenant argued that he had no apartment heat for the month of October 2019 while the temperature was, at...
In June 2018, landlord applied to the DHCR for permission to modify services by replacing all of the building's gas cooking stoves and furnaces with electric appliances to provide the same services. Tenants...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in building-wide services. Tenant claimed that vermin control wasn't maintained in the building's public areas. Landlord denied the condition. The DHCR's...
Rent-stabilized tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on water supply and elevator service. The DRA ruled against tenants after finding that these services were maintained. Tenants...
