Landlord applied to the DHCR for rulings that five buildings had been substantially rehabilitated between 1985 and 1987. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that the buildings were rehabbed under a NYC Urban...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming that she was rent stabilized and that the apartment had been illegally decontrolled in 2000 when landlord and a prior apartment occupant reached a "private agreement"...
Tenant asked the DHCR in 2018 for a ruling that he had succession rights to a rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that he was the first rent-stabilized tenant of the unit. Tenant and...
In 2016, tenant asked the DHCR for an administrative determination (AD) that his apartment was subject to rent stabilization. Tenant complained that landlord claimed the apartment was rent controlled. The DRA ruled...
Landlord asked the DHCR in March 2017 for a ruling on an apartment's rent regulation status and monthly legal rent. Landlord said it bought the building from tenant in 2010. Tenant lived in the apartment before...
Tenant sought a ruling that his apartment had been improperly deregulated. The DRA ruled for tenant, and landlord appealed and lost. Landlord then filed an Article 78 court appeal. The DHCR agreed to take the case...
New landlord sued to evict the last three remaining tenants in its building. Landlord claimed that the apartments couldn't be subject to rent stabilization because they were illegal apartments under NYC Admin....
Tenant asked the DHCR in 2018 for an administrative determination (AD) that his apartment was subject to rent stabilization. In response, landlord claimed that the unit had been vacancy-deregulated.
Tenant complained to the DHCR that his apartment had been illegally deregulated and that landlord refused to renew his lease. Landlord argued that, while prior landlord owned the building, a subtenant moved into the...
Tenant asked the DHCR to determine her apartment's rent-regulatory status and set the legal rent. She had lived in the unit since 2008 and claimed that it had been improperly deregulated. Landlord claimed that...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to amend the 2019 rent registration for Apt. 54 in its building. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that it mistakenly registered the...
