HIGH-RENT DEREGULATION

DHCR Must Look into Whether Tenant Got Valid Tax Filing Extension

August 24, 2015    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant’s rent-stabilized apartment in 2010. Tenant claimed that her total household income was below $175,000 in 2009 but that she hadn’t yet...

Tenant Didn't Answer Request for Income Verification

August 24, 2015    

Landlord applied in 2011 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant’s rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord based on tenant’s failure to submit income verification information....

Tenants Deregulated Based on High-Rent/High-Income

August 24, 2015    

Landlord applied in 2010 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenants’ rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord after finding that tenants’ total annual household income was more than $...

Tenant Claims Admission of High Income Was in Error

July 19, 2015    

Landlord applied in 2012 for high-rent/...

Spike in Tenant’s Income Due to Business Dissolution

July 19, 2015    

Landlord applied in 2011 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant’s rent-stabilized apartment. Tenant admitted that in 2009 and 2010 her annual income was more than $175,000. But she said that this was...

No Deregulation Where No Tax Match Found

July 19, 2015    

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High-Rent/High-Income Deregulation Doesn't Apply

July 14, 2015    

Tenant moved into a new building receiving 421-a tax benefits in 1994. In 2008 landlord informed tenant that, when the 421-a benefits expired in 2009, he would no longer be subject to rent stabilization. Tenant asked...

Late PAR Filing Excused Due to Tenant's Medical Condition

June 17, 2015    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of...

Tenant's Son Didn't Live in Apartment at Time of Deregulation Petition

June 15, 2015    

Landlord applied in 2011 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant’s rent-stabilized apartment. Tenant claimed that his total annual household income was under $175,000 during both 2009 and 2010....

Rent-Stabilized Apartment in Co-op Building Under J-51 Subject to High-Income Deregulation

May 20, 2015    

(Decision submitted by David B. Cabrera, Esq. of the law firm of Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C., attorneys for the landlord.)

Rent Wasn't High Enough for Vacancy Deregulation

May 13, 2015    

Tenant sued landlord for rent overcharge, claiming that he was subject to rent stabilization. Landlord claimed that tenant was unregulated. The court ruled for landlord and dismissed the case. Tenant appealed and won...

Roommate's Income Not Considered in Deregulation Proceeding

April 23, 2015    

Landlord applied in 2011 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA ruled against landlord because the Department of Taxation and Finance (DTF) was unable to make a tax...