HIGH-RENT DEREGULATION

Income of Tenant's Roommate Counted in Deregulation Case

January 15, 2013    

Landlord applied in 2004 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's two rent-stabilized apartments. Tenant argued that the two apartments shouldn't be combined for the purposes of luxury decontrol....

Landlord Disputes Household Income

January 14, 2013    

Landlord applied in 2009 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA ruled against landlord because DTF records showed that for one of the two relevant tax years, 2007,...

Landlord Claims Tenants Fraudulently Avoided Luxury Deregulation

January 14, 2013    

From 2004 to 2008, landlord filed applications with the DHCR seeking luxury deregulation of tenants' rent-stabilized apartment. Landlord didn't file with the DHCR in 2009 or 2010, but instead sued tenants in...

Mandatory IRA Distributions Are Income for Luxury Deregulation Purposes

January 11, 2013    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's apartment in 2008. The DHCR ruled for landlord, based on its finding that tenant's adjusted household income in 2006 and 2007 exceeded...

Landlord Can Seek Luxury Deregulation After J-51 Benefits Expire

January 11, 2013    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. Tenant claimed that he wasn't subject to high-rent deregulation because the building received J-51 tax benefits....

Tenant Didn't Get Notice of Luxury Deregulation Application

December 11, 2012    

Landlord applied in 2010 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 DRA's notice of the...

Tenant's Default Excused in Luxury Deregulation Proceeding

December 11, 2012    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenants' rent-stabilized apartment in 2010. The DRA ruled for landlord after it notified tenants of landlord's application and tenants failed to...

Tenant Subject to Deregulation Upon Lease Expiration

November 13, 2012    

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

Tenant Default Excused Due to Illness

November 13, 2012    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of rent-stabilized tenant's apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord based on tenant's failure to answer the agency's notice of the proceeding. Tenant...