Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA converted the complaint to a fair market rent appeal (FMRA) because it sought to challenge the rent initially charged to the first rent-...
Tenant filed a fair market rent appeal (FMRA) in 2017, challenging the initial $2,400 rent set by landlord in 2012 after the prior rent-controlled tenant vacated the apartment. The DRA dismissed the FMRA as untimely...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA treated the complaint as a fair market rent appeal (FMRA), ruled for tenant, set the apartment's initial legal regulated rent using the default formula, and ordered...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant in January 2019 after tenant's lease expired. Tenant claimed that she was rent stabilized and that the apartment was improperly deregulated when she moved in. The court...
Rent-stabilized tenant filed a fair market rent appeal (FMRA) in 2016, stating that she was the first rent-stabilized tenant of the apartment after vacancy decontrol, and that landlord impermissibly charged a...
(Decision submitted by attorney Elizabeth Lentini, of the Manhattan law firm of Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C., who represented the landlord.)
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant for nonpayment of rent. In response, tenant claimed that the apartment had been illegally deregulated. The court granted landlord's request to dismiss tenant's...
Tenant filed a fair market rent appeal (FMRA), challenging the first apartment rent after rent control. The DRA dismissed the complaint as untimely. Tenant appealed and lost. Under Rent Stabilization Code Section...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $6,352, including interest. Landlord and tenant both appealed, and the DHCR reopened...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. Tenant paid $2,300 per month when he moved into the apartment in 2013. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. The...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. In response, tenant claimed rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. The court granted landlord's request to dismiss tenant's claims....
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant. The court ruled against landlord and dismissed the case. The court also ruled that tenant could file a fair market rent appeal with the DHCR to challenge her apartment's...
