Tenant complained of improper apartment deregulation and rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the apartment was exempt from rent stabilization due to high-rent vacancy deregulation in 2011....
Rent-stabilized tenant sued landlord, claiming rent overcharge and fraudulent rent increases. The court ruled for landlord and dismissed the case. Since the case was filed before HSTPA amended the law in June 2019,...
Tenant sued landlord for rent overcharge in connection with two apartments in the same building. Tenant had lived in Apt. 6 from 2007 through April 2014, then moved into Apt. 4 under a written agreement with...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA terminated the proceeding based on tenant's November 2019 agreement with landlord to withdraw all pending DHCR complaints with prejudice. Tenant then...
Tenant sued landlord for rent overcharge on July 25, 2019. Landlord argued that a court had dismissed tenant's prior rent overcharge claim in September 2018 and that tenant hadn't appealed that decision....
Landlord sued to evict loft tenant. The court ruled against landlord and awarded tenant attorney's fees, but also denied tenant's rent overcharge claim. Both sides appealed. The Appellate Term ruled that...
Building tenants sued landlord and claimed that, since the building received tax benefits under RPTL Section 421-g, they were subject to rent stabilization and had been overcharged. Issues raised in the case went to...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. She was the first tenant to occupy the apartment, which was rent-stabilized solely due to the building's receipt of J-51 tax benefits. The initial legal...
Rent-stabilized tenant sued landlord for rent overcharge. Tenant's apartment had been improperly deregulated while the building received J-51 tax benefits. Landlord claimed that the apartment's legal...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge based on a 2018 DHCR building-wide rent reduction order, which froze collectible rents at the building effective Dec. 1, 2017. The DRA ruled for tenant and...
