LVT Number: #26646
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge, claiming that landlord improperly collected a washing machine surcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that landlord didn’t begin to collect the surcharge within a reasonable period of time after tenant installed her appliance. The DRA ordered landlord to refund $1,631, including triple damages and interest. Landlord appealed and lost. Tenant installed the washing machine 13 months before landlord started charging an appliance surcharge. Tenant also claimed that she had installed a prior machine and that the prior landlord never charged for it.
1520 LLC: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. DR610001RK (9/8/15) [4-pg. doc.]
