PROCEDURE-DHCR

Landlord's Request to Amend Rent Registration Was Premature

September 24, 2019    

Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to amend the 2016 annual rent registration for one apartment. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that it was premature to amend that registration in light of a pending DHCR...

Landlord Can't Amend 2007 Rent Registration

September 24, 2019    

Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to amend its 2007 annual rent registration for one apartment that landlord claimed was incorrectly registered as rent stabilized rather then temporarily exempt. The DRA ruled...

Apartment Occupant Had No Standing to Appeal Rent Administrator's Ruling

August 26, 2019    

Landlord applied for a ruling from the DHCR that its building had been substantially rehabilitated and therefore was exempt from rent stabilization. The DRA ruled for landlord. One occupant claiming to be a tenant...

DHCR Acknowledges Complainant Wasn't Necessarily Legal Tenant

March 19, 2019    

Apartment occupant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against occupant, finding that the all rent increases were lawful after the base rent date. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord argued that...

Case Reopened After DRA Sent Notice to Incorrect Address

March 18, 2019    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a decrease in services. Tenant didn't respond to the DRA's request for additional information, and the DRA's mailing came back indicating that tenant had vacated the...

Landlord Must File Administrative Determination Application for DHCR Ruling

December 24, 2018    

Tenant complained of a reduction in services based on inadequate bathtub caulking and a missing window lock. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that tenant...

TPU Properly Referred Rent Overcharge Claim to DRA

May 24, 2018    

The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) commenced an individual apartment improvement (IAI) audit for tenant's apartment and, in June 2013, issued a notice stating that landlord's claimed IAIs didn't...

Vacancy Rent Exceeded Deregulation Threshold

April 23, 2018    

Landlord applied in 2016 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA terminated the proceeding because a vacancy occurred in the apartment and the rent exceeded the...

Tenant Can't Seek Enforcement on Appeal of DRA Order

March 27, 2018    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge and specifically claimed that landlord failed to register her apartment with the DHCR between 2009 and 2014. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to file the missing rent...

Landlord Can't Amend Rent Registrations Until DHCR Decides Overcharge Complaint

March 22, 2018    

Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to amend annual rent registrations for the years 2007, 2009, and 2011 through 2014 for a specific apartment. Landlord claimed that it had mistakenly designated registrations for...

DHCR Properly Reconsidered Overcharge Finding Based on Irregularity in a Vital Matter

March 19, 2018    

Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and challenged the rent set for his apartment by HPD. The DHCR ruled for tenant but later ruled against another tenant in the same building who made an identical claim...

DHCR Won't Decide Landlord Application to Determine Whether Apartment Is Deregulated

January 26, 2018    

Landlord asked the DHCR to determine whether a particular apartment was exempt from rent stabilization. Landlord claimed that the apartment should be exempt based on high-rent deregulation. The DRA dismissed the...