UNIT/BUILDING NOT COVERED

Tenant Contesting Removal of Utility Credit Wasn't Rent Stabilized

February 24, 2021    

Tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord failed to offer her a renewal lease on the same terms and conditions as her expiring lease, and had taken away a utility credit that was part of her original lease term....

Limitations on Vacancy Increase Under Rent Act of 2015 Didn't Apply

February 24, 2021    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of her apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding the legal rent to be $1,750 per month. Landlord appealed and argued that prior tenant paid $2,188....

Apartment Was Properly Deregulated in 2009 Due to Base-Date Vacancy

February 24, 2021    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant in 2018 and ordered landlord to refund $6,150, including triple damages. Landlord appealed, and the DHCR sent the case back to the DRA in...

Former Dental Office Converted to Apartment in 2015 Became Deregulated

February 23, 2021    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding the apartment to be rent stabilized and directing landlord to refund $35,392, including interest....

Landlord Showed No Proof of Vacancy Deregulation in 2007

January 25, 2021    

Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant. Tenant claimed that his apartment had been improperly deregulated and that he was overcharged. The trial court ruled against landlord and dismissed the case. Landlord...

Landlord Proved Vacancy Deregulation of Apartment in 2010

January 25, 2021    

Tenant complained to the DHCR of improper apartment deregulation and rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant after reviewing landlord's documentation of individual apartment improvements (IAIs) and...

Apartment Was Lawfully Deregulated

January 25, 2021    

Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2015 of improper deregulation of his apartment and rent overcharge. The DHCR ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Tenant then filed an Article 78 court appeal of the DHCR'...

Project-Based Section 8 Building Wasn't Subject to Rent Stabilization

December 21, 2020    

Landlord sued to evict project-based Section 8 tenant for violating her lease because she continually refused to supply information concerning her household composition and eligibility factors. Tenant claimed that...

Apartment Was Properly Vacancy Deregulated in 2013

December 14, 2020    

(Decision submitted by attorney Mary D. Milone of the Manhattan law firm of Borah Goldstein Altschuler Nahins & Goidel, P.C., attorneys for the landlord.)

Building with Five Apartments Not Subject to Rent Stabilization

November 23, 2020    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that the building contained fewer than six housing accommodations. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that he wasn't subject to rent stabilization.

Project-Based Section 8 Building Not Subject to Rent Stabilization Law

November 23, 2020    

In separate proceedings, tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to renew her lease and that her initial rent exceeded a fair market rent. The DRA ruled against tenant and terminated both proceedings. The...

Tenant's Apartment Was Lawfully Vacancy Deregulated in 2007

October 28, 2020    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. She also filed a complaint based on failure to renew her lease. The DRA consolidated the two cases, finding that the apartment was vacancy...