TRIPLE DAMAGES ORDERED

Triple Damages Correctly Applied to Overcharge

November 20, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $1,830, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that no triple damages...

Landlord Willfully Overcharged DRIE Tenant

October 22, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund the overcharge with triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that there was no willful...

Landlord Filed Fraudulent Rent Registrations for SRO Tenants

September 26, 2014    

Rent-stabilized rooming house tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2011. The DHCR ruled against tenant, finding that his rent had been $450 per month at all times since the base rent date four years before the...

Triple Damages Applied to Overcharge

August 13, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $3,000, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that an overcharge was...

Triple Damages Applied Where No Proof of Improvements' Cost

July 14, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund the overcharge, with triple damages. Landlord appealed, claiming that triple damages shouldn't apply....

Triple Damages Applied to Willful Rent Overcharge

June 12, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant sued landlord for rent overcharge. The court ruled for tenant but denied tenant's request for triple damages. Tenant appealed and won. Landlord made no effort to rebut the presumption of...

Bargain and Sale Deed Alone Didn't Prove Purchase Through Judicial Sale

May 16, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund an overcharge that included triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that it bought...

Triple Damages Applied to Miscalculated Renewal Increase

January 15, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $33,387, including triple damages and interest. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord argued against the...

No Fraud by Landlord Who Omitted J-51 Rider from Renewal Lease

December 17, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA found that the Sept. 15, 2005, base date rent of $3,148 was the legal rent at that time. But later landlord collected excessive rent increases. Landlord...

Rent Overcharge Resulted from Deemed Renewal Lease

December 12, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. Tenant appealed and won, in part. Tenant claimed that her rent history showed a pattern of fraud and...

DHCR Uses Default Method to Calculate Legal Rent

November 15, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund over $21,000, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that the DRA shouldn...

Triple Damages Upheld by Court

November 13, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DHCR ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund the overcharge with triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. The court and appeals court ruled that...