Tenant complained that landlord failed to offer a proper rent-stabilized renewal lease. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to offer a renewal lease, while acknowledging that landlord had a pending court...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained that landlord sent an improper renewal lease offer. The DRA ruled for tenant in part, finding that: (a) landlord had to amend the renewal lease offer to include the specific term of...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper deregulation. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the apartment had been deregulated and was no longer subject to rent stabilization. Tenant appealed, and the...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge based on landlord's continued collection of the full legal regulated rent after the DHCR issued a rent reduction order based on a reduction in services. The...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no rent overcharge. Tenant appealed, and the DHCR denied his PAR. Tenant then filed an Article 78 court appeal, claiming...
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) filed a rent overcharge complaint concerning tenants' apartment, based on its audit finding that landlord failed to justify the cost individual apartment improvements (...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the unit was exempt from rent stabilization due to high-rent deregulation.
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, applied a six-year lookback period, and ordered landlord to refund $16,000, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost....
Rent-controlled tenant challenged the DRA's order that the monthly maximum collectible rent (MCR) was $3,752 effective Jan. 1, 2018; that the 2019 fuel cost adjustment (FCA) was $9.19 per room per month; and the...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. He said that (a) he never received a lease from landlord in 2007; (b) the apartment registrations were fraudulent; and (c) landlord's claim that tenant had a...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and claimed that landlord engaged in a fraudulent scheme to deregulate the apartment. The DHCR sent the case back to...
