Various building tenants sued landlord, claiming rent overcharge and improper deregulation of their apartments, which they claimed were rent stabilized. They also claimed breach of the warranty of habitability for...
Rent-stabilized tenant applied to the DHCR for a calculation of the legal regulated rent for his apartment. The DRA ruled in 2020 that the legal rent was $1,161.90 per month at the expiration of the most recent...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $150,249, including interest and triple damages. The overcharge finding was based on...
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) reviewed 2014 and 2015 rent registrations for an apartment and conducted a rent audit, requesting rent history documentation from landlord. Landlord didn't comply after...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge based on an outstanding rent reduction order. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $154,957, including triple damages and interest. Tenant's...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2021. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $17,816, including triple damages and interest. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in January 2019. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $4,006, including interest and triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost....
Rent-stabilized tenant complained in 2020 of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant in part, finding a rent overcharge of $9,081. But since landlord had already refunded $8,548 to tenant, landlord had to refund...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA disallowed rent increases claimed by landlord for individual apartment improvements (IAIs) and found a rent overcharge. Landlord appealed and lost....
Rent-controlled tenant complained to the DHCR in 2023 of rent overcharge. He claimed that landlord charged illegal fees and failed to comply with a 1991 rent reduction order. Tenant claimed that he was currently...
After the DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) investigated claimed individual apartment improvements (IAIs), it referred the case to the DRA to commence rent overcharge proceedings. The DRA ruled for tenants,...
After an IAI audit of tenant's apartment, the DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) referred the matter to the DRA for processing of a rent overcharge complaint. The DRA disallowed a small portion of landlord...
