Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed rent overcharge. The court ruled for tenant and later calculated the amount of the overcharge by applying the June 2019 amendments...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $2,662, with triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Tenant's lease that commenced on Sept. 1,...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed improper deregulation of the apartment based on landlord's fraudulent scheme to deregulate rent-stabilized units. Tenant argued...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in connection with his parking garage space. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that landlord charged more than a rent guidelines increase to tenant for the parking...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed rent overcharge and asked the court for permission to conduct pretrial questioning. The court ruled for tenant. Tenant, after...
Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant when tenant's lease expired, claiming that the apartment was deregulated. Tenant claimed that the apartment was improperly deregulated and that there was a rent...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $35,517, including interest. Landlord appealed and lost. Tenant moved into the apartment in 2013. The...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $18,125, including interest. The rent overcharge was based on prior rent reduction orders that froze...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $12,880, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord argued that the DRA applied the...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $17,981, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Among other things, landlord argued that the complaining...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in connection with his parking space. The DRA found that landlord charged tenant the proper parking tax at a 10 percent rate on the March 2013 base rent date. And...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and set the base date rent by using the default formula. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that the apartment was reconfigured into a duplex...
