Landlord of cooperatively owned apartment sued to evict tenant, who claimed that she was rent stabilized. The court ruled for tenant without a trial. Landlord appealed and lost. After the building was converted to a...
Tenant asked the DHCR to determine his rent-regulated status. DHCR rent registration records listed the apartment as exempt from rent stabilization based on high-rent vacancy. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding...
Tenant asked the DHCR for an administrative determination of his rent-regulated status and legal regulated rent. The building was currently in receivership and the receiver had sued to evict tenant in housing court...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant. Landlord appealed, claiming that the building contained only five apartments and therefore wasn't subject to rent stabilization. The DHCR ruled...
Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized and complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant. The rent paid by tenant under an unregulated vacancy lease on March 1, 2007, was more than $2,000 per month...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that tenant owed $17,000. Tenant claimed rent overcharge. The court ruled for landlord and dismissed the overcharge claim. Tenant appealed and...
Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of rent-stabilized tenant's apartment in 2010. Tenant answered the DRA's notice of the application by stating that he was exempt from luxury...
The DHCR revoked a prior order of deregulation of tenant's apartment, creating uncertainty as to what the proper rent should be for the renewal period between Sept. 1, 2009, and Aug. 31, 2011. Landlord, who had...
Deregulated tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and found that he was rent stabilized and had been overcharged. Landlord appealed and lost. With its PAR, landlord submitted documents...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. Landlord argued that tenant wasn't subject to rent stabilization. The DRA ruled for tenant. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord pointed out that the HDFC had acquired the...
Tenant asked the DHCR to determine whether he was rent stabilized and what the legal apartment rent was. Tenant moved into the apartment in 2002 without a lease and paid $375 per month. New landlord increased tenant...
