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Apartment Deregulation Already Decided in Prior Court Case

December 20, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict tenant after his 2013 lease expired, claiming that tenant was unregulated. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized. But in 2014 tenant had sued landlord in State Supreme Court based on the...

Landlord Proves Building Was Substantially Rehabilitated

November 23, 2015    

Landlord asked the DHCR to determine a building’s rent regulatory status. Landlord claimed that the building was exempt from stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants...

Apartment Properly Deregulated After Vacancy

November 23, 2015    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that the apartment was deregulated. The DRA ruled for landlord and dismissed the complaint. Tenant appealed and lost. Landlord submitted proof of the four-year...

Building Converted from Factory to Residential Use in 2004

November 20, 2015    

Tenant asked the DHCR to determine her rent regulatory status. She claimed that she was rent stabilized. Landlord claimed that the building was substantially rehabilitated after Jan. 1, 1974, without the benefit of...

Apartment Deregulated by High-Rent Vacancy After Base Date

September 23, 2015    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against...

Apartment in Co-op Building Not Rent Stabilized

August 24, 2015    

Landlord applied in 2012 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant’s rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA ruled against landlord because the building was receiving J-51 tax benefits at the relevant time...

Tenant Not Subject to Rent Stabilization

August 24, 2015    

Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized and that the city’s Department of Finance had denied his SCRIE benefit application based on a finding that his apartment wasn't subject to rent regulation. The DRA...

Building Subject to PHFL, Not Rent Stabilization

June 23, 2015    

Tenant complained to the DHCR of a reduction in services....

Building Under HPD Program Not Rent Stabilized Despite J-51 Benefits

May 22, 2015    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant and...

Building Isn't Horizontal Multiple Dwelling

May 21, 2015    

Tenant complained to the DHCR of a lease violation and rent overcharge...

Deregulated Base Date Rent Was Reliable

May 20, 2015    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant. On the Jan. 13, 2008, base rent date, the legal regulated rent for the apartment was $2,000 per month. So when tenant moved into the apartment in...