In 2022, a Westchester County landlord filed two Administrative Determination requests with the DHCR concerning two separate apartments in a building at 2 Morningside Avenue. Landlord pointed out that it also owned 1...
Two tenants sued landlord, claiming that their apartments were rent stabilized, seeking rulings on the legal regulated rents for their apartments and issuance of renewal leases. The court ruled for tenants. Prior...
Tenant complained to the DHCR that he was rent stabilized and that landlord had refused to renew his lease. He claimed that landlord had illegally deregulated the apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant. Landlord...
Tenant applied to the DHCR in 2015 for a ruling on her rent regulatory status. She had moved into Apt. 3F in 2013 at a monthly rent of $3,950, and landlord claimed that she was unregulated. The DRA ruled for...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for a ruling on the rent regulatory status of its building. The DRA ruled for landlord in part, finding that the building was exempt from rent stabilization based on substantial...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper deregulation. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $6,150, including triple damages. Landlord appealed, and the DHCR revoked the DRA...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the unit had been vacancy deregulated and the base date rent was $2,500. Tenant...
Tenants sued landlord, claiming they were rent stabilized. The building had received J-51 tax benefits, which expired on June 30, 2009. One tenant moved into her apartment on Dec. 1, 2008, under a rent-stabilized...
Tenant sued landlord for rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his rent-stabilized apartment. Tenant moved into the unit in November 2007 and paid $2,250 per month in rent at all times since then. Landlord...
Landlord sued to evict tenant and claimed that tenant wasn't subject to rent stabilization because the building was constructed or substantially rehabilitated after Jan. 1, 1974. In response, tenant claimed that...
In 2016, landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling on whether tenant's apartment was rent stabilized. Landlord claimed that, after April 1993, prior landlord increased the dimensions of the apartment by adding square...
Landlord asked the DHCR in 2016 for a ruling on the legal regulated rent for an apartment. Landlord claimed that the apartment occupant had been the building's janitor until his employment was terminated in...
