Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of the apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant, found that the unit was rent- stabilized, and directed landlord to file annual rent registrations...
Building complex tenants sued landlord in 2020, claiming that changes to the NYC Rent Stabilization Law made under the HSTPA in 2019 barred landlord from deregulating 6,200 apartments. Landlord argued in response...
Tenant asked the DHCR for a ruling on whether his apartment was subject to rent stabilization, claiming the pre-war building at one point contained six apartments. Landlord claimed that the building contained fewer...
Tenant complaied to the DHCR, claiming that she was rent stabilized and that landlord refused to give her a lease. Landlord argued that the building was a four-family brownstone building and therefore not subject to...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for rulings that five buildings had been substantially rehabilitated between 1985 and 1987. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that the buildings were rehabbed under a NYC Urban...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming that she was rent stabilized and that the apartment had been illegally decontrolled in 2000 when landlord and a prior apartment occupant reached a "private agreement"...
Tenant asked the DHCR in 2018 for a ruling that he had succession rights to a rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that he was the first rent-stabilized tenant of the unit. Tenant and...
In 2016, tenant asked the DHCR for an administrative determination (AD) that his apartment was subject to rent stabilization. Tenant complained that landlord claimed the apartment was rent controlled. The DRA ruled...
Landlord asked the DHCR in March 2017 for a ruling on an apartment's rent regulation status and monthly legal rent. Landlord said it bought the building from tenant in 2010. Tenant lived in the apartment before...
Tenant sought a ruling that his apartment had been improperly deregulated. The DRA ruled for tenant, and landlord appealed and lost. Landlord then filed an Article 78 court appeal. The DHCR agreed to take the case...
New landlord sued to evict the last three remaining tenants in its building. Landlord claimed that the apartments couldn't be subject to rent stabilization because they were illegal apartments under NYC Admin....
