Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $8,528, including interest. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord argued that the case should have been...
Tenant sued landlord in 2020 for rent overcharge and fraudulent deregulation of her apartment due to landlord's claimed high-rent vacancy deregulation. Tenant also claimed violation of General Business Law (GBL)...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $2,662, including triple damages. Tenant's lease listed a legal rent of $2,124.25 per...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $12,355, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. The DRA correctly applied a...
Three rent-stabilized co-tenants complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenants and ordered landlord to refund $141,157, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. The base rent date...
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.
