Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $74,420, including triple damages. The overcharge was determined based on the Rent...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent regulation due to a substantial rehabilitation performed in 2022 after landlord purchased the building. The DRA denied the application...
Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent regulation based on substantial rehabilitation of the building after Jan. 1, 1974. The DRA ruled for landlord, finding that it had replaced...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for a determination that tenant's apartment was exempt from rent regulation. The DRA ruled against landlord. Rent Stabilization Code Section 2520.11(d) provides that a building...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent regulation due to a substantial rehabilitation done in 1989. The DRA ruled for landlord. However, the DRA ruled that four tenants who...
Apartment occupant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to give him a renewal lease. He claimed succession rights to a rent-controlled apartment he said he'd lived in with his grandmother since 2018. The...
In 2022, landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent regulation because the apartments were used exclusively for charitable purposes on a nonprofit basis. The DRA ruled against...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for a ruling that its two adjoining buildings were exempt from rent stabilization because they shouldn't be considered a Horizontal Multiple Dwelling (HMD) that, combined, contained...
Tenant complained that landlord failed to offer her a valid rent-stabilized renewal lease. Landlord claimed that the apartment was no longer subject to rent stabilization because 421-a tax benefits received for the...
An apartment occupant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to give her a rent-stabilized lease. The DRA ruled against occupant, finding that she initially occupied the apartment as an incident to her...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a boiler/heater. The DRA ruled for landlord but disallowed permit fees of $1,688 since such fees didn't qualify for an MCI rent increase. Tenant...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of a reduction in apartment services after a building fire forced her to vacate her apartment on Nov. 12, 2016. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced her rent to $1 per...
