HIGH-RENT DEREGULATION

Landlord Didn't Attach Unreturned ICF

July 12, 2013    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in 2011. The DRA ruled against landlord because landlord failed to attach to its application a copy of the...

Tenant's Household Income Exceeded Deregulation Threshold

July 10, 2013    

Landlord filed a high-rent/high-income deregulation application for tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in 2004. Landlord claimed that the legal regulated rent for the apartment was $2,000 or more per month and...

Tenant Deregulated Based on Default

June 13, 2013    

Landlord applied in 2009 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord based on tenant's failure to answer landlord's application. Tenant...

Tenant Deregulated for Failure to Submit Tax Information

June 12, 2013    

(Decision submitted by David Hamill, attorney for Solil Management, who represented the landlord.)

Landlord Didn't Have to File ICF with Deregulation Application

May 14, 2013    

Landlord applied in 2011 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA rejected landlord's application because landlord failed to attach a copy of the Income...

Luxury Rent Deregulation Case Reopened

April 15, 2013    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's apartment in 2010. Tenants answered the DRA's notice of the application, claiming that their total annual household income didn't...

Landlord Claims Tenants Misrepresented Income

March 13, 2013    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenants' rent-stabilized apartment in 2009. The DRA ruled against landlord after DTF matched tax records showing that tenants' household income was...

Luxury Deregulation Case Reopened

March 13, 2013    

Landlord applied to the DHCR 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 respond to the notice of landlord...

Tenant Didn't Submit Income Tax Verification Information

March 13, 2013    

Landlord applied in 2007 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. Tenant responded to the DRA's notice of the application by stating that he had filed his 2005 and 2006...

Tenants Subject to High-Rent Deregulation After MCI Increase

March 12, 2013    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of rent-stabilized tenants' apartment in 2010. Tenants, a married couple, had admitted in the Income Certification Form sent earlier that year that their...

Tenants Subject to Luxury Decontrol After J-51 Benefits Expired

February 7, 2013    

Landlord applied in 2010 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenants' rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord after tenants admitted that their household income was above the statutory...

Tenant's Legal Rent Too Low for Deregulation

January 15, 2013    

Tenant moved into landlord's building in 1981 and was given a rent-stabilized lease. New landlord bought the building in 1991 and asked the DHCR to rule on whether tenant was in fact rent stabilized. Landlord...