Landlord sued to evict family member successor tenant of rent-stabilized apartment for failure to sign a renewal lease. The renewal lease offer was for $2,720 for a one year or $2,747 for a two-year renewal. Tenant...
Landlord asked the DHCR in 2018 for a ruling on an apartment's rent regulation status and for amendment of the unit's 2014 and 2015 annual rent registrations based on its claim that the unit became...
Landlord applied for 2020-21 Maximum Base Rent (MBR) increases for rent-controlled apartments in its building. The DRA denied landlord's application on July 30, 2020, finding that landlord failed to meet...
Landlord sought maximum base rent (MBR) rent increases for rent-controlled apartments in its building for the 2020-21 cycle. On June 10, 2019, landlord commenced the proceeding by filing a violation certification (VC...
Landlord filed an Application for Rent Increase based on Alternative Hardship with the DHCR, and included 2018 building income and expense information for the test year period. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding...
(Decision submitted by attorney David Hershey-Webb of the Manhattan law firm of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP, who represented the tenants.)
In April 2019, landlord filed with the DHCR a violation certification form for the 2020-2021 maximum base rent (MBR) biennial cycle for rent-controlled tenants in the building. The form certified that all rent-...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for a rent increase based on a first-time painting of tenant's rent-controlled apartment. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that the DHCR's rent registration cards showed...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and disallowed some individual apartment improvement (IAI) increases collected by landlord. Landlord appealed and lost. The DRA correctly...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that landlord waived its right to a retroactive rent increase for Rent Guidelines Board Orders (RGBO) 40 and 41. Rent increases...
New landlord asked the DHCR for permission to increase rents of five rent-controlled apartments in a building based on unique and peculiar circumstances. Landlord pointed out that: (a) a 1983 CAB expulsion order had...
Landlord applied for 2018-19 maximum base rent (MBR) increases. After processing landlord's application, the DRA mailed MBR fee payment notices to landlord, but landlord didn't respond. So, the DRA issued an...
