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J-51 Doesn't Bar High-Income Deregulation in Co-op Building

April 21, 2015    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in 2012. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that the building was receiving J-51 benefits at that time and...

No Proof Tenant of Former 421-a Building Was Rent Stabilized

April 16, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant after tenant's lease expired. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that she and landlord had verbally agreed to extend her lease for...

J-51 Doesn't Prevent High-Rent/High-Income Deregulation in Co-op Building

March 20, 2015    

Landlord applied in 2005 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenants' rent-stabilized apartment. Tenants admitted that their household income exceeded the deregulation threshold for both 2003 and 2004. The...

Co-op Subtenant Not Subject to Rent Stabilization

January 23, 2015    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. The building was owned by a cooperative corporation, and the apartment was owned by a shareholder-proprietary lessee. Tenant...

Buildings with Separate Systems Aren't Horizontal Multiple Dwelling

October 17, 2014    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that tenant wasn't rent stabilized. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that tenant's building was part of a horizontal multiple dwelling containing at...

HDFC Co-op Apartment Exempt from Rent Stabilization

August 13, 2014    

Tenant asked the DHCR to determine his rent regulatory status. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that he was rent stabilized. Landlord appealed and won. The building was owned by a cooperative housing development...

Post-Conversion Co-op Subtenant Not Subject to Rent Stabilization

July 14, 2014    

Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized and asked the DHCR to determine his status. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that he was unregulated. Tenant appealed and lost. DHCR rent registration records were...

Current Tenant of Co-op Purchased in 1990 Is Unregulated

May 16, 2014    

Tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to give her a rent-stabilized renewal lease. The DRA ruled against tenant and found that she was unregulated. Tenant appealed and lost. She claimed that the person...

Tenant in PHFL Co-op Not Subject to Rent Stabilization

April 15, 2014    

(Decision submitted by David B. Cabrera of the Manhattan law firm of Borah, Goldstein...

Apartment Was Deregulated by High-Rent Vacancy

December 17, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Prior long-term rent-stabilized tenant moved out in 2007. Landlord then...

Tenant Not Rent Stabilized Due to High-Rent Vacancy Deregulation

December 12, 2013    

Tenant asked the DHCR to rule on her rent-regulation status. Tenant claimed that she was rent stabilized. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Tenant moved into the apartment on Dec. 17, 2005, under a...

Tenant Not Subject to Rent Stabilization

October 8, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord, awarding landlord possession and rent totalling $13,800. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that he was rent...