Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund over $32,000, including triple damages. Landlord appealed, claiming that the overcharge wasn't willful...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered a refund that included triple damages. Landlord appealed and won, in part. Tenant was represented by an attorney when she and...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and found that the overcharge was willful. Landlord appealed and won. Landlord claimed that there was no willful overcharge. It admitted...
Rent-stabilized tenant sued landlord in December 2008 for rent overcharge. A prior landlord had sold the building in 1998 and, by agreement, received a rent-stabilized lease for the apartment at a lifetime rent of $...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, and ordered landlord to refund $4,900 plus triple damages. Landlord appealed and won, in part. Landlord performed individual apartment...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRO ruled against tenant, who appealed and won. The DHCR ordered landlord to refund $6,080, including triple damages. Landlord sought reconsideration of the...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $605, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and won, in part. Landlord had charged tenant a 6...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of willful rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Previously, the DHCR granted landlord's application for an MCI rent hike, made effective March 1...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $161,644, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and won, in part. The DRA had disallowed any rent...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DHCR ruled for tenant. Landlord filed an Article 78 court appeal, and the case was sent back for reconsideration. The DHCR then ruled for landlord, in part,...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that tenant's apartment was deregulated by a prior high-rent vacancy. The DHCR ruled for tenant, found she was rent stabilized, and ordered landlord to...
Roommate of rent-stabilized tenant filed a rent overcharge complaint with the DHCR, claiming that he paid more than his proportionate share of the legal regulated rent. The DRA ruled for roommate and ordered tenant...