NYS DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL

Tenant Denied Access and Inspector Found No Conditions

August 27, 2020    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services. The DRA ruled against tenant and dismissed the complaint. Tenant complained and lost. Tenant claimed that the hallway electrical fixture in her apartment...

Tenant Can't Raise New Complaints in Response to Rent Restoration Application

August 27, 2020    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services based on problems with a living room window frame and sash. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced her rent. The DRA later granted landlord's application...

DHCR Relied on Its Own Inspection, Despite HPD Violation Dismissal

August 27, 2020    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that the conditions tenant complained about had been corrected...

Complaint of Inadequate Heat Denied Where No HPD Violation Issued

August 27, 2020    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR, requesting a rent reduction based on inadequate heat in his apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Landlord had answered the complaint, stating...

DHCR Can't Require Landlord to Put Handicapped-Access Toilet in Apartment

August 27, 2020    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services, because landlord promised that her apartment would be fully ADA compliant and the bathroom toilet still wasn't handicapped accessible. The DRA ruled...

Landlord Must Offer Tenant Renewal Lease That Includes Wife's Name

August 27, 2020    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained that landlord refused to add the name of tenant's spouse to his lease. Tenant submitted a copy of his 2007 marriage certificate. Landlord objected, saying that a family member...

No Deregulation If Tenant's Renewal Lease in Effect When HSTPA Enacted

August 27, 2020    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in 2017. The DRA ruled for landlord on Feb. 15, 2019, because tenant admitted that his annual household income for...

Tenant's Excusable Default Reopened Deregulation Proceeding

August 27, 2020    

Landlord applied in 2014 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord based on tenant's failure to respond and stated that tenant would be...

No Deregulation Where Renewal Lease Still in Effect After HSTPA Enacted

August 26, 2020    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in 2017. On Sept. 7, 2018, the DRA ruled for landlord based on tenant's admission that his annual household income...

DHCR's Explanatory Addenda Allowed Deregulated Tenant's Rent-Stabilized Status to Continue

August 26, 2020    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in 2018 since it disputed tenant's Income Certification Form (ICF) statement that his annual household income was...

Tenant Overcharged Roommate, But Roommate Stopped Paying Rent

August 26, 2020    

Rent-stabilized tenant's roommate complained that tenant overcharged him by charging him a disproportionate share of the apartment rent. The DRA ruled against the roommate because, although he was overcharged on...

Triple Damages Due on Rent Overcharge Due to Incomplete Refund

August 26, 2020    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $12,954, including triple damages. Tenant appealed to the DHCR and lost, then filed an Article 78 court...