Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled for tenant. Although there was a four-year lookback period, an outstanding 1989 rent reduction order required the DRA to freeze tenant's $1,...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2017 of rent overcharge, claiming that rent charged and collected from Oct. 31, 2014, through June 31, 2017, included illegal fees and surcharges. Tenant also claimed that landlord...
Rent-stabilized tenants complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenants, finding a total overcharge of $826, including triple damages. Since tenants owed landlord over $20,000 in unpaid rent, the DRA did not...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant and found no overcharge. Tenant appealed and won. The DRA had noted that landlord claimed that it did individual...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2017 of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $40,051, including triple damages and interest, and after deducting $20,116 in unpaid rent that...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $21,443, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. The DRA correctly determined that...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR in 2016 of rent overcharge based on a higher rent charged when tenant paid her monthly rent late. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $3,915,...
Tenant sued landlord for rent overcharge and fraudulently deregulating its entire building, including tenant's apartment. Landlord had deregulated tenant's apartment despite the fact that the building was...
A subtenant filed a rent overcharge complaint against rent-stabilized tenant for rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for subtenant and ordered the tenant to refund $54,000. The DRA found that landlord wasn't...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of her apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to: (a) refund $43,575 including triple damages; (b) offer tenant a rent-stabilized...
The former subtenant of a rent-stabilized apartment sued tenant for rent overcharge. The tenant had charged subtenant $1,500 per month although tenant's rent was $1,086. The DRA ruled for subtenant and ordered...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge based on a 2018 DHCR rent reduction order that was made retroactive to Oct. 1, 2017. The rent subsequently was restored retroactively to May 1, 2018. The DRA ruled...
