Tenants filed a class action against landlord, claiming rent overcharge. The building had been temporarily exempt from rent stabilization on the base rent date four years earlier when it was owned by Brooklyn Law...
Tenant complained that his apartment had been improperly deregulated. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding in 2018 that the apartment was a newly created unit, that the first legal rent was above the $2,000 high-...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2018 of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. The apartment had been legally deregulated in June 2008 due to high-...
Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenants' rent-stabilized apartment in 2014. After confirming that tenants' annual household income exceeded the $200,000 income threshold for 2012...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant received a rent-stabilized vacancy lease when she moved into the unit in October 1995. But...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the apartment was no longer subject to rent stabilization. Tenant appealed and, while tenant's PAR was pending, the...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the monthly legal rent of $2,895 paid in 2014 by prior tenant exceeded the threshold for...
Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that tenant's apartment was exempt from rent stabilization due to high-rent vacancy. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized. The court ruled against tenant, who...
(Decision submitted by Elizabeth A. Lentini of the Manhattan law firm of Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C., attorneys for the landlord.)
Landlord sued to evict tenant. Tenant asked the housing court to dismiss the case, claiming that the apartment had been improperly deregulated. The housing court ruled for tenant. Landlord appealed, and the Appellate...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. Tenant moved into the unit in August 2014 at an unregulated rent of $2,500 per month. The apartment had last been registered in 2012 as...
Tenant complained in 2015 of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. He also claimed rent fraud by landlord. Tenant paid an unregulated rent of $4,795 when he moved into the apartment in May 2012. The...
