HIGH-RENT DEREGULATION

Apartment Subject to Deregulation After J-51 Benefits Expire

April 21, 2015    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in 2011. Tenants' monthly rent was over $2,000 per month. Tenants claimed that, because the building had received...

DHCR Relies on Second Income Verification Report from DTF

April 20, 2015    

Landlord applied in 2009 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that tenant's total household income didn't exceed $175,000...

Tenant Can Conduct Pre-Trial Questioning Regarding Apartment Deregulation

April 19, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that the apartment was deregulated. Tenant claimed that she was rent stabilized and asked the court for permission to conduct pre-trial questioning on how the apartment was...

Apartment Subject to Deregulation After J-51 Benefits Expired

March 23, 2015    

Landlord applied in 2011 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord because the rent was $2,000 or more per month and tenant's household income...

No Deregulation Where Income Below $200,000

March 23, 2015    

Landlord applied in 2013 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenants' apartment. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. The Department of Taxation and Finance (DTF) matched information for...

Deregulated Tenant's Divorce Didn't Lower His Household Income

March 20, 2015    

Landlord applied in 2011 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. Tenant claimed that his household income didn't exceed $175,000 in 2009. But Department of Taxation and...

Apartment Subject to Deregulation After J-51 Benefits Expire

February 23, 2015    

Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized because the building received J-51 tax benefits. He complained that landlord improperly refused to renew his lease. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost....

Deregulation Denied for Tenant in Former 421-a Building

February 23, 2015    

Landlord applied in 2011 for high-rent/high-income of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord based on tenant's income level and the fact that the legal rent was over $2,000 per month....

No Proof of Additional Apartment Occupant

December 22, 2014    

Landlord applied in 2010 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenants' rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA ruled against landlord after finding that tenants' household income didn't exceed $175,000 in...

Tenant Default Excused in Luxury Deregulation Proceeding

December 22, 2014    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in 2011. The DRA ruled for landlord based on tenant's failure to respond to the application. Tenant appealed, and...

Tenant Claims Improper Deregulation of Apartment

November 20, 2014    

Tenant asked the DHCR to determine whether her apartment had been properly deregulated. Landlord pointed out that rent registration records showed that a prior rent-stabilized tenant whose lease expired on March 31,...

Income of Tenant Who Didn't Occupy Apartment Can't Be Considered

November 20, 2014    

Landlord applied in 2010 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord based on income verification information obtained from the Department of Taxation...