Rent-stabilized tenant complained of improper lease renewal after new landlord included a provision for a washing machine surcharge of $16.82 per month in tenant's renewal lease. The DRA ruled for tenant and...
The DRA increased rent-controlled tenant's MCR by $36 per month based on the installation of a new stove, refrigerator, and fireproof door. The DRA allowed an additional rent increase of $225 per month based on...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $8,500, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. The DRA had disallowed any rent increase...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a rent overcharge based on an air conditioner surcharge collected by landlord. The DRA ruled for tenant. Landlord appealed and lost. Tenant showed that she had installed an air...
Rent-controlled tenant complained of a rent overcharge based on electricity charges for the use of his apartment air conditioners. Landlord pointed out that it obtained an MCI increase in 1997 for rewiring and...
After the DHCR ruled that landlord wasn't entitled to collect a washing machine surcharge from rent-stabilized tenant, landlord filed an Article 78 court appeal claiming that the agency's decision was...
Tenant complained of a rent overcharge. The building had been removed from Mitchell-Lama in 2006 and became rent stabilized. When tenant's lease was renewed in 2009, landlord interpreted Rent Guidelines Board...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a rent overcharge because landlord began collecting appliance surcharges in 2003, long after tenant installed an air conditioner and washing machine in 1975. The DRA ruled for...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to increase rent-controlled tenant's rent based on tenant's installation of two air conditioners that extended beyond the window line. The DRA ruled against landlord,...
Landlord applied for 2012-2013 MBR rent increases for rent-controlled tenants in his building. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. To qualify for MBR increases, landlord had to show that all rent-...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on new gas piping. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. There was a DHCR building-wide rent reduction order in effect at the building when the DRA issued...
