Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2018. She claimed that she was being charged illegal fees or surcharges, and that landlord was billing her additional rent based on the outcome of the rent...
Current and former tenants of several buildings in Washington Heights sued landlord, claiming improper deregulation and rent overcharge in their J-51 building. Tenants asked the court to certify them as a class for...
Rent-stabilized tenant sued prior landlord in 2010 for rent overcharge. In 2017, the court ruled for tenant and awarded him a money judgment representing the rent overcharge and attorney's fees. That decision was...
Two building tenants sued landlord for rent overcharge and asked the court for certification as a class action. In connection with that, they also asked the court to direct landlord to provide contact information for...
Tenant sued both her building owner and managing agents for rent overcharge and improper deregulation of her apartment. Tenant claimed that she was rent stabilized although landlord had included a Deregulation Rider...
Landlord sued to evict tenant in 2018 for nonpayment of rent. In response, tenant claimed rent overcharge and asked the court for permission to conduct pretrial questioning on that issue. The court ruled for tenant...
Building tenants sued landlord for rent overcharge and asked the court for certification as a class action. The court ruled against tenants, who appealed and won.
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) filed a rent overcharge complaint on tenant's behalf in 2017, and claimed that the $2,700 rent charged by landlord in December 2014 constituted an overcharge. For the...
Building tenants sued landlord for rent overcharge and improper deregulation of their apartments. In 2018 the court found that landlord engaged in a fraudulent scheme to deregulate by falsely exempting some...
A subtenant sued landlord and the prime tenant of a rent-stabilized apartment for rent overcharge. Landlord and prime tenant had signed an initial lease in 1995 and then renewed the lease periodically through 2007....
Tenant sued landlord, claiming rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. During the proceeding, tenant subpoenaed DHCR rent registration records for the entire building. Landlord objected and asked the...
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) conducted an audit of an apartment's registered rent-stabilized rent. After finding that landlord hadn't fully substantiated the registered rent, TPU filed a rent...
