RENT CONTROL COVERAGE

Apartment in Co-op Building Receiving J-51 Benefits Not Subject to Deregulation

January 27, 2019    

Landlord applied in 2011 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-controlled apartment. Tenant's rent was more than $2,000 per month and landlord sought verification of whether tenant's...

Rent-Controlled Apartment in Co-op Building Not Subject to Deregulation

December 23, 2018    

In 2009, landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-controlled apartment. The DRA ruled against landlord because the building was receiving J-51 tax benefits during the relevant time...

Rent-Controlled Tenant in Co-op That Received J-51 Benefits Not Subject to Deregulation

November 25, 2018    

In 2011, landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-controlled apartment. Tenant's monthly rent was $2,000 or more, and landlord sought verification that tenant's annual...

Rent-Controlled Tenant Not Subject to Deregulation After J-51 Benefits Expired

October 22, 2018    

Landlord filed a high-rent/high-income deregulation application for tenant's rent-controlled apartment in 2014. Landlord claimed that tenant's monthly rent was $2,500 or more and sought verification of...

Rent-Controlled Apartment Didn't Qualify for High-Rent/High-Income Deregulation

August 14, 2018    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenants' rent-controlled apartment in 2015. Landlord named two tenants in its application. One tenant claimed that the other tenant lived in Mexico, so...

Tenant Apportioned Income of Husband in Nursing Home

July 23, 2018    

Landlord applied in 2006 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-controlled apartment. The DHCR ruled against landlord. Tenant had apportioned the income reported on joint tax returns filed by her...

DHCR Mistakenly Found That Building Received J-51 Tax Benefits

April 23, 2018    

Landlord applied in 2015 and 2016 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-controlled apartment. The DRA denied both applications, finding that because tenant was rent-controlled, the apartment...

Landlord Can't Prove How Apartment Became Deregulated

April 22, 2018    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent and claimed that tenant was unregulated. Tenant claimed that the apartment was improperly vacancy deregulated and asked the court to dismiss the case because the...

No Luxury Deregulation for Rent-Controlled Apartment After J-51 Tax Benefits Expire

January 23, 2018    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-controlled apartment in 2011 when tenant's monthly rent was $2,000 or more, to determine whether tenant's annual household income...

Luxury Deregulation Application Reopened

December 18, 2017    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-controlled apartment in 2016 after legal rent exceeded $2,700 per month and seeking to verify whether tenant's annual household income...

Luxury Deregulation Case Reopened to Give Tenant Notice of Rent Increases

December 18, 2017    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-controlled apartment in 2015, when tenant's rent was $2,500 or more, and seeking verification of whether tenant's household income...

High-Rent/High-Income Deregulation Doesn't Apply to Rent-Controlled Tenant

October 29, 2017    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-controlled apartment in 2016. The DRA ruled against landlord because, as a matter of law, the apartment remained exempt from high-rent/high...