UNIT/BUILDING COVERED

Building Converted from Five to Six Apartments Became Rent Stabilized

June 21, 2021    

Landlord brought five separate eviction proceedings against five tenants in the same building. Landlord claimed that the tenants were unregulated because the building contained fewer than six residential units. The...

Building Containing Six Apartments Was Rent Stabilized

April 20, 2021    

Tenant asked the DHCR for a ruling on whether her apartment was rent stabilized. Landlord claimed that the building contained only five apartments and therefore wasn't subject to rent stabilization. The DRA ruled...

Building That Was Part of HMD in 1984 Is Rent Stabilized

March 24, 2021    

An unregulated tenant asked the DHCR to determine his status, claiming that he was rent stabilized. Tenant said that he moved into his apartment in 1984, when the building was part of a horizontal multiple dwelling (...

Court Upholds DHCR Explanatory Addenda to Deregulation Order

February 8, 2021    

In June 2018, landlord filed an application for high-rent/high-income deregulation of rent-stabilized tenants' apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord and issued an Order of Deregulation in January 2019 based on...

DHCR "EA" Properly Explained Effect of HSTPA on Deregulation Order

January 25, 2021    

In 2018, landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. In February 2019, the DRA ruled for landlord based on tenants' admission that their total annual...

Building Contained Sixth, Illegal Apartment

October 28, 2020    

Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant who had no lease. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized and asked the court to dismiss the case. Landlord argued that the building contained only five apartments and...

Deregulation Order Ineffective Due to Lease in Effect Post-HSTPA

October 26, 2020    

Landlord applied in 2016 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. On March 1, 2019, the DRA ruled for landlord and issued an order of deregulation based on tenant's...

No Deregulation Where Renewal Lease Still in Effect After HSTPA Enacted

August 26, 2020    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in 2017. On Sept. 7, 2018, the DRA ruled for landlord based on tenant's admission that his annual household income...

Apartment Improperly Deregulated in 2002 Was Rent Stabilized

August 25, 2020    

Tenant asked the DHCR for a ruling on the rent-regulated status of her apartment. Tenant claimed that landlord had fraudulently deregulated the apartment. Landlord claimed that the apartment had been vacancy...

New Rent-Stabilized Apartment Created When Tenants Combined Two Units

August 18, 2020    

Tenants sued landlord in 2016, claiming improper deregulation and rent overcharge. Tenants also sought an injunction to stop landlord from engaging in claimed deceptive business practices in violation of General...

Deregulation Order Revoked Based on Lease in Effect on June 14, 2019

March 11, 2020    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in 2018. The DRA ruled for landlord based on tenant's failure to answer the notice of the application and to...

Super Became Rent-Stabilized Tenant When Employment Ended

February 13, 2020    

Tenant asked the DHCR to rule on whether he was rent stabilized. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that the apartment was rent stabilized and that the legal rent was $400 per month. Landlord appealed and lost. The...