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...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and set the legal regulated rent at $1,556 per month. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that the amount of $1,556...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. In response, tenant claimed rent overcharge. In May 2023 tenant asked for permission to amend her answer to plead a common law fraudulent scheme to deregulate the...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming that she was charged more than the maximum legal rent under rent stabilization while the building received RPTL Section 421-a tax benefits. Tenant claimed that landlord engaged in a...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2016. The DHCR ruled for tenant. A DHCR rent reduction order had been in effect since 1996. So, the rent freeze resulting from that order remained...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in March 2019. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that the overcharge resulted by the landlord waiving its right to charge a higher legal rent when it...
Tenant in a building receiving 421-a tax benefits sued landlord, claiming rent overcharge and violations of the Rent Stabilization Law. Tenant also sought to make the case a class action. The court denied landlord...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $13,906, including interest and triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that it wasn...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $7,640, including triple damages. Tenant appealed, claiming that the pre-base date rent...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR in April 2019 of improper deregulation of her apartment and rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that the apartment was rent stabilized and that tenant'...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR in 2017 of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant directed landlord to refund $57,975, including interest and triple damages. The overcharge finding was based on a...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $74,420, including triple damages. The overcharge was determined based on the Rent...
