Landlord asked the DHCR to rule on whether a substantially rehabilitated building was rentstabilized. The DRA ruled for landlord in part. The building was substantially rehabilitated in 2012 and would remain rent...
Landlord asked the DHCR to determine a building’s rent stabilization status, claiming that it was exempt due to substantial rehabilitation in 1995. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Landlord...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $8,855 including triple damages. The DRA relied on tenant’s figures to calculate the legal rent because landlord...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant, who claimed that he was rent stabilized. Landlord claimed that the building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation in 1999 that converted the...
Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that the apartment wasn’t located in a multiple dwelling and that tenant was unregulated. Tenant claimed that the building contained six apartments and that the first...
Tenants sued landlord, claiming that their building was subject to rent stabilization. Landlord claimed that the building was unregulated. The court ruled for landlord and dismissed the case. Tenants appealed and...
Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling that a building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation of the building performed after Jan. 1, 1974. The DRA closed the file without a ruling because...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. He claimed that his apartment was illegally converted and that the second bedroom didn’t have egress windows. Tenant moved into the apartment in October 2013 under an...
Tenant asked the DHCR to rule on whether his building was rent stabilized. Landlord claimed that the building was exempt based on a prior 1997 DHCR decision finding that the building had been substantially...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for amendment to its 2011 annual rent registration. The DRA ruled against landlord and denied the application. Landlord appealed and lost. The Rent Stabilization Code permits amendment of...
The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that work performed didn’t constitute a substantial rehabilitation of the building and that the building remained subject to rent stabilization. Landlord appealed and...