TRIPLE DAMAGES ORDERED

Triple Damages Applied to Willful Rent Overcharge

March 24, 2015    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $73,790, including triple damages plus interest. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that there...

Landlord Failed to Send Refund to Tenant

March 19, 2015    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding willful rent overcharge. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord didn't dispute the DRA's rent calculations. Landlord was responsible for...

Rent Subsidized by Section 8 Subject to Triple Damages

February 23, 2015    

Rent-stabilized Section 8 tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund the overcharge with triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. When landlord bought the...

Landlord's Four-Year Rent History Was Incomplete

January 26, 2015    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $15,000, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that the overcharge wasn...

Triple Damages Applied to Overcharge Finding Resulting from Rent Reduction Order

November 24, 2014    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper lease renewal. The DRA ruled for tenant in part and ordered a refund of $3,825 including triple damages. The overcharge was based on a rent freeze resulting from an...

Triple Damages Applied to Overcharge Finding

November 24, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and imposed triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that the overcharge wasn't willful. The overcharge resulted...

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...