The DRA set tenant’s maximum collectible rent (MCR) based on building data for 2006-2007. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord then filed an Article 78 court appeal, challenging the DHCR’s decision. The...
Current landlord asked the DHCR to amend annual apartment registrations for tenant’s apartment for the years 2005 through 2010. Landlord claimed that those registrations incorrectly listed the tenant’s...
The DHCR’s Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) conducted an Individual Apartment Improvement (IAI) audit for tenant’s apartment after reviewing rent registration records. TPU required landlord to submit proof...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for unlawful conduct based on drug activity. Tenant demanded a jury trial. Landlord argued that tenant’s lease contained a jury waiver clause. But landlord didn’t base its...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to amend the annual 2012 rent registration for a first-floor apartment in his building. Landlord had registered the rent as $1,350 but said this was a mistake. Landlord said the...
Tenant complained that landlord refused to offer him a rent-stabilized renewal lease. Landlord claimed that the building wasn’t rent stabilized, because it contained five apartments and a store but didn’t...
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) referred a rent overcharge complaint to the DRA after conducting an audit. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. The TPU appealed on behalf of tenant. A...
Landlord applied in 2012 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA sent notice of landlord's application to tenant at the apartment address, but the envelope was...
