Tenant in a 421-a building complained that landlord failed to offer him a rent-stabilized renewal lease. Tenant had lived in the apartment since 1976. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to offer a renewal...
Tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming that landlord refused to offer him a rent-stabilized renewal lease. Tenant pointed out that he had received rent-stabilized leases from landlord in the...
Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized and asked the DHCR to make a ruling on the building's rent-regulatory status. The DRA found that the building was rent stabilized.
Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant in 2020 and stated that tenant wasn't rent stabilized because the building contained fewer than six apartments. In response, tenant claimed that the building was rent...
Tenant sought a ruling from the DHCR that he was subject to rent stabilization. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that his occupancy was contingent upon his employment with Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) and was...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of a reduction in required services. In response, landlord claimed that the apartment had been vacancy deregulated and wasn't subject to rent stabilization. The DHCR then opened a...
The DHCR issued an order on June 10, 2022, finding that tenant's apartment was subject to rent stabilization. Landlord filed an Article 78 court appeal of the DHCR's decision, and the case was sent back to...
The Village of Ossining in Westchester County adopted rent-stabilization coverage under the ETPA on Sept. 5, 2018, after conducting a vacancy study of available rental housing units in the village and...
Landlord sued to eject tenant from an apartment, and sought a declaratory judgment that the apartment wasn't rent stabilized. Tenant was a nonprofit organization that sublet units to provide supportive housing....
Landlord sued to evict tenant and claimed that the apartment was unregulated. Tenant argued that she was subject to rent stabilization and asked the court to dismiss the case without trial. The court ruled for tenant...
A group of owners of buildings that became subject to rent stabilization under the City of Kingston’s August 2022 adoption of the ETPA filed a challenge to the city’s actions, arguing that the vacancy...
In 2022, landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent regulation because the apartments were used exclusively for charitable purposes on a nonprofit basis. The DRA ruled against...
