Tenant moved into a new building receiving 421-a tax benefits in 1994. In 2008 landlord informed tenant that, when the 421-a benefits expired in 2009, he would no longer be subject to rent stabilization. Tenant asked...
Landlord sued to evict hotel-stabilized tenant and his girlfriend/roommate, claiming that tenant didn’t maintain the apartment as his primary residence. Landlord also claimed that the roommate was a...
Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that the apartment was unregulated due to high-rent vacancy deregulation. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized. The court ruled for tenant and dismissed the case. DHCR...
Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant, claiming that tenant was unregulated. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized. The court ruled for tenant and dismissed the case. Tenant said that he bought the...
Landlord applied in 2013 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant’s apartment. The DRA terminated that proceeding because a prior DHCR order issued in 2001 already found the apartment exempt from rent...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that the building previously received J-51 benefits, now expired, and that the apartment was deregulated. The DRA found no overcharge but ruled that the...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant, claiming that a license granted by former landlord had expired and occupant had no right to remain. Occupant claimed that she was a rent-stabilized tenant. She worked for...
Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant’s apartment in 2013. The DRA ruled against landlord. The building had previously received J-51 tax benefits. Tenant’s lease didn’t...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated, month-to-month tenant. Tenant claimed that she was rent stabilized. Landlord argued that she was entitled to collect a negotiated unregulated rent from tenant when tenant moved...
Landlord asked the DHCR to rule on whether its building was exempt from rent stabilization. Landlord claimed that the building was substantially rehabilitated between 1989 and 1990, and received J-51 tax benefits....
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant after the building converted to cooperative ownership. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case. The trial court ruled for tenant, and granted tenant attorney’s...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that tenant wasn’t rent stabilized, based on individual apartment improvements (IAIs) performed before tenant moved in that resulted in a legal regulated...
