DHCR Properly Applied Four-Year Rule

LVT Number: 15108

Tenant complained of a rent overcharge. The DHCR ruled against tenant in 1998, applying the four-year rule as set out under the Rent Regulation Reform Act of 1997. Tenant appealed and lost. The DHCR properly applied the four-year rule, which limits any finding of overcharge to four years before tenant filed his complaint.

Tenant complained of a rent overcharge. The DHCR ruled against tenant in 1998, applying the four-year rule as set out under the Rent Regulation Reform Act of 1997. Tenant appealed and lost. The DHCR properly applied the four-year rule, which limits any finding of overcharge to four years before tenant filed his complaint.

Evans v. DHCR: NYLJ, 6/18/01, p. 27, col. 1 (App. Div.1 Dept.; Williams, JP, Mazzarelli, Andrias, Lerner, Saxe, JJ)