Rent-stabilized tenant complained that installation of gas piping in her living room reduced required services because the installation was done in an unworkmanlike manner and reduced her total apartment space. The...
Rent-stabilized tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services. They claimed that the elevator wasn't leveling, there were no operating smoke detectors in public areas, and that the building...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services based on a bathroom moisture condition caused by a leak from the upstairs apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced her rent. Landlord appealed and...
Rent-stabilized tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents in 2017 based on a finding of defective windows on the first, third, fourth, and sixth...
Rent-stabilized tenant filed a lease violation complaint in 2019, claiming that landlord never gave him a copy of his last lease and that landlord had offered no renewal since his lease expired on May 31, 2017. The...
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....
