Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $12,679, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord argued that there was no willful...
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) audited landlord for noncompliance with two DHCR rent reduction orders that froze tenant's rent. Based on landlord's failure to resolve the matter with TPU, TPU...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and denied landlord's PAR. Landlord then filed an Article 78 court appeal of the DHCR's decision. The court ruled against...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2016. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund overcharges that included triple damages. The DHCR denied landlord's petition for...
Tenant in a rent-stabilized building subject to J-51 tax benefits complained to the DHCR in October 2012 of rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that it acknowledged the overcharge in accordance with the 2009 ...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2017. Tenant had moved into the apartment in 2010. The DRA ruled for tenant. The base rent date was Apr. 27, 2013. The DRA had issued a separate...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2017. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $4,950, including triple damages for willful overcharge.
Tenant sued landlord in 2011, claiming fraudulent improper deregulation of her apartment and rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that the unit had been properly vacancy deregulated. The trial court ruled for tenant,...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that he was rent stabilized and had been overcharged. Landlord was ordered to refund the overcharge...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $16,065, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord argued that the overcharge wasn...
In May 2015, the DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) commenced an audit of an apartment rent in landlord's building and, as a result, directed landlord to adjust the legal regulated rent. When landlord didn...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $7,640, including triple damages. The DRA also set the base date rent as $1,400 per month based on the pre...
