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Apartment Was Vacancy Deregulated When Tenant Moved No Matter What Rent Was Charged

May 22, 2023    

Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2018. Landlord claimed that tenant wasn't subject to rent stabilization. The DRA ruled for tenant because tenant paid $2,000 per month when he moved in. The DRA...

Tenant Who Moved into Apartment After 421-a Benefits Expired Wasn't Rent Stabilized

May 22, 2023    

Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Tenant moved into the building after Real Property Tax Law 421-a tax benefits had expired. The building was...

DHCR Properly Found That Tenant's Apartment Had Been Vacancy Deregulated Before April 1, 1997

April 26, 2023    

Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment at the Chelsea Hotel. The DHCR ruled against tenant, who then filed an Article 78 court appeal of the agency's decision...

DHCR Properly Found That Apartment Was Properly Vacancy-Deregulated

April 26, 2023    

Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that her rent wasn't subject to rent stabilization. The DHCR denied  tenant's appeal, finding that the DRA had...

Landlord Proved Apartment Was Vacancy-Deregulated Before Tenant Moved in

January 25, 2023    

Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the apartment had been vacancy-deregulated six years before tenant moved in. Tenant...

Rent Act of 2015 Didn't Preclude Vacancy Deregulation of Tenant's Apartment

December 19, 2022    

Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2017. She had moved into the apartment in August 2016 at an initial rent of $2,850. Landlord claimed that the apartment was vacancy deregulated when tenant moved in...

Tenant's Apartment Was Properly Vacancy-Deregulated

November 22, 2022    

Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. Landlord argued that the apartment had become vacancy-deregulated in March 2012. The DRA agreed and ruled against tenant,...

DHCR Mistakenly Directed HDFC Co-op to Register as Rent Stabilized

November 17, 2022    

The DHCR's Rent Administrator started a proceeding after finding that landlord failed to register its building as rent stabilized for 2018. The DRA made this determination based on review of NYC DOF records...

Rent Act of 2015 Didn't Preclude Vacancy Deregulation of Tenant's Apartment

October 24, 2022    

Landlord applied in 2016 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment, claiming that the legal regulated rent (LRR) was $2,700 per month and requesting verification of whether...

DHCR Determines That Apartment Not Subject to Rent Stabilization

September 26, 2022    

Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling on whether tenant's apartment was rent stabilized. The DRA ruled that the apartment wasn't subject to rent regulation. Tenant appealed, and the DHCR reversed the ruling...

Hospital Employee Not Entitled to Rent-Stabilized Renewal Lease

August 22, 2022    

A hospital employee complained to the DHCR that she was rent stabilized and that landlord refused to renew her lease. The DRA ruled against the employee, who appealed and lost. The employee moved into the apartment...

Landlord Proved Apartment Was Lawfully Deregulated

July 22, 2022    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that her rent wasn't subject to rent stabilization. Tenant appealed and lost. The DRA had reviewed records going back before the four-...