Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that the apartment was unregulated. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized and asked the court to dismiss the case without a trial. The court ruled for tenant. Before 1974...
Tenant complained that landlord didn't offer him a rent-stabilized renewal lease. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to renew the lease. Landlord appealed and claimed that the apartment wasn’t...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that the apartment was rent stabilized. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord argued that, following a 2009 vacancy, it made individual apartment...
Landlord sued to evict three single room occupancy (SRO) occupants, claiming that they were unregulated licensees. The court ruled against landlord, finding that the occupants were permanent residents under the Rent...
Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant and claimed that the building was unregulated because it contained fewer than six apartments. Tenant claimed that the building had six apartments and that she therefore...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. Landlord argued that tenant was no longer rent stabilized after the expiration of the building’s J-51 tax benefits in 1996, and that tenant’s initial and relevant...
Landlord sued to evict tenant from four rent-stabilized apartments in the same building, after refusing to renew tenant’s leases. Landlord claimed that the apartments were exempt from rent stabilization because...
Landlord asked the DHCR to determine whether tenant’s apartment was rent stabilized, arguing that the apartment should be exempt. Landlord claimed that: (1) the apartment was vacant from 1993 to 2003 following...
Landlord sued to evict tenant’s husband after tenant died. Landlord claimed in its court papers that tenant’s apartment was not rent stabilized. Instead, landlord claimed that the apartment was federally...
Landlord claimed that a vacant apartment was permanently exempt from rent stabilization and asked the DHCR to determine the legal rent. Landlord claimed that there were limited rent history records due to prior...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge and unlawful deregulation of his apartment. Landlord claimed that tenant was unregulated because the prior legal rent was $1,936. The DRO ruled for tenant, finding that prior...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant. The court ruled for landlord after a trial but later granted tenant’s request to set aside the judgment. Tenant claimed improper deregulation of the apartment, so the...
