Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR in April 2019 of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Tenant argued that landlord had illegally raised her preferential rent beyond...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in January 2019. The DRA ruled for tenant in part, finding that there was a rent overcharge but insufficient evidence of fraud as tenant claimed. So...
Building tenants sued landlord in 2018 for rent overcharge. In connection with pre-trial discovery, the court granted tenants' request to compel landlord to produce their operating and management agreements, all...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2019. Tenant had moved into the unit in 2018 under a vacancy lease with a legal regulated rent of $2,059 and a preferential rent of $1,725. Among...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR in 2019 of rent overcharge. Tenant claimed that landlord ignored the fact that tenant had received DRIE benefits, which had frozen the portion of monthly rent collectible...
Tenants complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in early 2019. They claimed that landlord illegally rented rent-stabilized apartments in the building without a proper Certificate of Occupancy (C of O). They said...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in March 2019. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed for the first time in her PAR that the...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2020 of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of her apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the apartment had been lawfully vacancy-deregulated in 2014 when the...
Tenants sued landlord, claiming rent overcharge and a fraudulent scheme to deregulate their J-51 building apartments. The court ruled for tenants, finding that proof of a building-wide fraudulent scheme required...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. In response and among other things, tenant claimed fraudulent rent overcharge. Tenant asked the court for permission to conduct discovery reaching...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2018 of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. The DRA ruled against tenant. The DRA found that tenant moved in on July 1, 2018, at a legal rent of $3,700 after landlord...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA found that tenant didn't establish a colorable claim of any fraudulent scheme to deregulate the apartment and that there was no rent...
