Rent-stabilized tenant filed a fair market rent appeal to challenge the initial stabilized rent. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the initial $1,000 rent was less than the $1,290 fair market rent. The fair...
Tenant moved into an apartment in 2010 and later filed a fair market rent appeal, claiming that the apartment was improperly deregulated. The DHCR ruled against tenant, finding her claim untimely. The rent-controlled...
Tenant, whose initial monthly rent was $2,200, filed a fair market rent appeal. The DRA ruled for tenant, set a fair market rent of $1,121, and ordered landlord to refund $20,500, including interest. Landlord...
Tenant filed a fair market rent appeal. The DRA ruled for tenant and established the apartment’s initial legal regulated rent on April 1, 2009, as $1,450 per month based on HUD special guidelines. Landlord and...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed rent overcharge and fraud. Tenant claimed that she was the first rent-stabilized tenant of the apartment after rent control. She...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Tenant claimed landlord didn’t give her an initial rent registration form, so tenant was entitled to file a fair market...
Tenant filed a fair market rent appeal, claiming that his initial rent of $4,800 per month exceeded the fair market rent. He also claimed that the apartment was improperly deregulated because the building received J-...
Rent-stabilized tenant filed a fair market rent appeal to challenge the first stabilized rent set for her apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant. The fair market rent was $1,732 per month, and tenant paid only $1,...
Rent-stabilized tenant filed a fair market rent appeal 33 years after moving into his apartment. The DRA dismissed the complaint as untimely. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that he never received an RR-1...
The first rent-stabilized tenant of an apartment filed a fair market rent appeal more than four years after moving in. The DRA dismissed the complaint as untimely. Tenant appealed and lost. Rent Stabilization Code...
Tenant sued landlord for prejudgment interest on a fair market rent appeal (FMRA) award as well as the outstanding balance of the FMRA award and attorney's fees. The court granted landlord's request to...
