UNIT/BUILDING COVERED

Tenant Who Relocated at Landlord's Request Remained Regulated

May 21, 2018    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for a determination that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation. Landlord claimed that the building was a commercial space until renovated for...

10 Illegally Rented Rooms in Two-Family House Are Rent Stabilized

April 25, 2018    

Landlord sued to evict tenant from two rooms in a two-family house, claiming that tenant was unregulated. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized. The court agreed and dismissed the case. Prior landlord created 10...

Hotel Tenant in Occupancy at Least Six Months Is Rent Stabilized

April 22, 2018    

Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that she was unregulated. Tenant claimed that she was a hotel-stabilized permanent tenant under Rent Stabilization Code Section 2520.6(j). The court ruled for tenant and...

Tenant Moved in While Rent Reduction Order Was in Effect

April 22, 2018    

Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant for nonpayment of rent in March 2016. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized and had been overcharged. The court denied tenant's request to dismiss the case. Tenant...

421-A Building with Fewer Than Six Apartments Is Rent Stabilized

March 27, 2018    

Landlord sued to evict tenant of three-family dwelling, claiming that tenant was unregulated because tenant moved in after June 1974. Tenant claimed that she was rent stabilized. The court ruled for tenant and...

Registration Records Show Rent Never Reached Deregulation Threshold

March 27, 2018    

Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that tenant was an unregulated month-to-month tenant. Tenant claimed that she was rent stabilized and asked the court to dismiss the case. The court ruled for tenant. Landlord...

Landlord Who Converted Building for Owner Occupancy Didn't Prove Exemption from Rent Stabilization

March 22, 2018    

Landlord asked the DHCR to rule on whether his building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation after the Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) questioned why landlord hadn't filed annual rent...

Building Remained Rent Stabilized Even If Number of Apartments Reduced

February 22, 2018    

Tenant asked the DHCR to determine the rent regulatory status of her apartment building. Landlord claimed that the building was exempt. The DRA ruled that the building was rent stabilized because it was constructed...

Tenant Didn't Become Deregulated When His Corporate Entity Changed

February 13, 2018    

Landlord sued to evict deregulated tenant. Landlord claimed that the apartment became vacant after the building's 421-a tax benefits expired and that, therefore, the apartment wasn't subject to rent...

Three-Family Dwelling Had Five Separate Tenant Accommodations in One Apartment

January 25, 2018    

Landlord sued to evict tenants of five rooms in a three-family multiple dwelling built before 1974. Tenants claimed that they were rent stabilized because there were six or more apartments in the building. Tenants...

Court Applies Amended Law Retroactively, Finds Apartment Was Improperly Deregulated

January 25, 2018    

Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant after tenant's lease expired on May 31, 2017. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized and asked the court to dismiss the case. The court ruled for tenant. Tenant moved...

Apartment Remained Rent Stabilized Due to 1993 Rent Reduction Order

January 17, 2018    

Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed that she was rent stabilized and pointed out that the DHCR had issued a rent reduction order in 1993, which remained in effect since...