Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no rent overcharge. Tenant appealed and lost. Landlord submitted proof in the form of invoices and cancelled checks to the...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge since the base rent date. Landlord had legally increased the legal regulated rent since the base date and...
Rent-stabilized tenant complaint of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant argued that there was a fraudulent scheme to evade rent regulation and...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. The DRA found that the apartment was properly registered at a legal regulated rent of $1,800, and that tenant...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that tenant owed more than $12,000. Tenant claimed rent overcharge, fraud by landlord, and that landlord was responsible...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. She moved into the apartment in March 2009 under an unregulated lease at a monthly rent of $1,100. The building contained fewer than six apartments but was subject to rent...
Tenant in building receiving J-51 tax exemption benefits complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant and dismissed the complaint. The DRA found that the tenant’s $3,200 monthly rent was lawful...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent at $3,081 per month. Tenant claimed fraud and willful rent overcharge. The court found no fraud and ruled that the base rent date was May 26, 2011...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge and that landlord failed to offer her a renewal lease on the same terms and conditions as her expiring lease. The DRA combined tenant’s complaints, found no...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $20,650, including interest. Landlord appealed and won, in part. The DHCR found that most of landlord...
Tenant filed a fair market rent appeal. The DRA ruled against tenant. Since tenant wasn’t the first rent-stabilized tenant after the rent-controlled tenant vacated, the DRA processed the complaint as a rent...
