Apartment Rented to Prior Tenant for $2,000 or More per Month

Tenant asked the DRA to rule that her apartment was rent stabilized. On April 1, 2001, the apartment was vacant and the legal regulated rent was $1,487. Landlord showed that the apartment was rented to prior tenant for more than $2,000 per month on April 16, 2001. The DRA ruled against tenant and dismissed the complaint. Tenant appealed and lost. Prior tenant occupied the apartment under a one-year lease starting April 16, 2001, at a monthly rent of $2,025. The vacancy deregulation became permanent and wasn't affected by the fact that tenant rented the apartment for less than $2,000 per month.

Weiner: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. No. QL420029RT (4/30/03) [2-pg. doc.]