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Landlord Didn't Overcharge Section 8 Tenant

June 15, 2014    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge. He claimed that landlord charged him more than his...

Tenant Can't Challenge Base Date Rent

May 19, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that landlord committed fraud and that the DRA should have looked at...

No Overcharge Where Apartment Was Temporarily Exempt on Base Date

May 19, 2014    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. The apartment had been temporarily exempt from rent stabilization on the base date, four years before tenant filed her...

Old Rule Applied to Apartment Vacant on Base Date

May 19, 2014    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that she was unregulated. Tenant's apartment was vacant on the base date of Dec. 1, 2006, four years before tenant filed her complaint....

Increase in Preferential Rent Wasn't Overcharge

May 16, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. Under tenant's two-year vacancy lease, landlord listed the legal regulated rent as $1,322. Landlord charged tenant a preferential rent of $929 for the first...

Tenant Presented No Facts to Support Fraud Claim

May 16, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that the base date rent in effect four years before his complaint...

DHCR Properly Granted Landlord's Rent Restoration Application

May 16, 2014    

The DRA reduced rent-stabilized tenant's rent based on a reduction in services. The DRA found that tenant's refrigerator and kitchen cabinets weren't properly maintained by landlord. The DRA later granted...

Landlord Repaired Trip Hazard on Sidewalk

March 24, 2014    

Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on a sidewalk trip hazard in front of the building. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. The DRA later granted landlord's...

Failure to Give Tenant Rent Stabilization Rider Doesn't Void Lease

March 20, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that tenant owed over $10,000 in back rent. Tenant claimed rent overcharge.  Among other things, tenant argued that landlord...

Landlord Could Collect Renewal Lease Rent Upon Rent Restoration

February 17, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that tenant owed over $2,000 in back rent for the period between October 2012 and January 2013. Landlord claimed that tenant'...

Tenant Can't Challenge Fee Added to Rent Before Base Rent Date

January 15, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that landlord charged an additional fee for a security guard, later replaced by a security...

Parking Fee Deducted from Legal Regulated Rent

January 15, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant in Yonkers complained of rent overcharge. The DRA dismissed the complaint, finding no overcharge. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that the DRA improperly deducted an amount for a...