DHCR Properly Applied Four-Year Rule

LVT Number: 15809

Tenant complained of a rent overcharge. The DHCR ruled against tenant. Tenant appealed and lost. The DHCR properly applied the four-year rule and refused to consider the rent history of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment beyond four years before the date that tenant filed his complaint.

Tenant complained of a rent overcharge. The DHCR ruled against tenant. Tenant appealed and lost. The DHCR properly applied the four-year rule and refused to consider the rent history of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment beyond four years before the date that tenant filed his complaint.

Anderson v. Lynch: NYLJ, 4/4/02, p. 23, col. 2 (App. Div.2 Dept.; Prudenti, PJ, Santucci, Miller, Friedmann, JJ)