Landlord sued to evict apartment tenant, claiming that the unit wasn't rent regulated because it wasn't designed for residential use. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized. The court ruled for tenant and...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming that his loft unit was rent stabilized. The unit was located in a deregulated Interim Multiple Dwelling (IMD). The original Loft Law tenant had previously assigned his lease and...
Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant from a four-family residence. Tenant claimed that landlord's court petition improperly described the premises and that he was rent-stabilized because the building...
Landlord asked the DHCR to determine the status of tenant's apartment. After an extended period of temporary exemption while the apartment was owned and operated by a not-for-profit hospital that used the unit...
Landlord sued to evict a building employee as a licensee who no longer had permission to live in two apartments that landlord claimed were exempt from rent stabilization. The court ruled against landlord, who...
Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenants' rent-stabilized apartment in 2005. The DRA ruled for landlord since tenants' rent was more than $2,000 per month and their household income...
Landlord applied in 2010 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's combined apartment unit. The DRA ruled for landlord after the Department of Taxation and Finance (DTF) matched tenant's household...
The DHCR Rent Administrator made a determination that landlord's building contained six apartments and therefore was subject to rent stabilization. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that the building...
Tenant asked the DHCR to determine her rent-regulated status. Tenant claimed that the building had been converted in 1973 to an HDFC rental building under Article VIII of the Private Housing Finance Law. Landlord...
Landlord sued to evict SRO hotel occupant, claiming that she was unregulated and that there was no landlord-tenant relationship. The court ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Trial testimony showed that...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge and that landlord failed to register her apartment as rent stabilized even though the building received J-51 tax benefits. Landlord claimed that the building was exempt from rent...
Tenant sued landlord for rent overcharge and improper deregulation of a rent-stabilized apartment. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the complaint because the first claimed overcharge occurred more than four years...
