RENT INCREASE ORDERED

DHCR Increases Tenant's Rent-Stabilized Rent Based on Unique and Peculiar Circumstances

August 27, 2023    

(Decision submitted by Eileen O'Toole, of the Manhattan Law Office of Eileen O'Toole, who represented the landlord.)

In 1988, the building's prior landlord gave loft tenant a lease for an...

DHCR Increases Rent-Controlled Tenant's Rent Based on Unique and Peculiar Circumstances

July 26, 2023    

Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling on an apartment's rent regulatory status and, if needed, the legal rent. The DRA found that the apartment was subject to the rent control law with a maximum base rent (MBR) of...

NYC Rent Guidelines Board Announces Rent Increases for 2023-2024 Under RGBO No. 55

July 26, 2023    

For the upcoming guideline increase period commencing Oct. 1, 2023, and extending through Sept. 30, 2024, the NYC Rent Guidelines Board issued RGBO No. 55 in June 2023. Under RGBO No. 55, a 3 percent increase applies...

DHCR Upholds Rent Hikes for Revoked Hardship Increase to Allow for MBR Increase

February 21, 2023    

Landlord, the owner of various rent-controlled apartments in adjoining condominium buildings, filed a hardship rent increase application with the DHCR under rent control regulations Section 2202.8 based on its...

Hardship Rent Increases for Rent-Controlled Tenants in Co-op Modified

February 21, 2023    

Landlord, the owner of unsold shares of four rent-controlled apartments in a co-op building, filed a hardship rent increase application with the DHCR under rent control regulations Section 2202.8 in 1996 based on its...

Successor Rent-Controlled Tenant Must Pay Hardship Rent Increase

September 26, 2022    

Rent-controlled successor tenant complained of rent overcharge. The monthly rent had been $39.10 per month. Tenant claimed that, after her father, the prior tenant, died, landlord raised the monthly rent to $443.23....

Tenant's Challenge to MBR Increase Denied by Court

March 10, 2020    

Rent-controlled tenant objected to the maximum base rent (MBR) adjustment obtained by landlord. The DHCR ruled against tenant and upheld the DRA's increase of the tenant's MBR for the 2016-2017 biennial...

Landlord Can Raise Rent-Controlled Tenant's Rent for First-Time Painting

January 28, 2020    

Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to increase rent-controlled tenant's rent by $95 per month for first-time painting. The DRA ruled for landlord, since the apartment hadn't previously been painted, and...

Landlord Can Raise Rent-Controlled Tenant's Rent for First-Time Painting

July 22, 2019    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for a rent increase after it painted rent-controlled tenant's apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord and increased tenant's maximum collectible rent (MCR) by $254.30 per month....

DHCR Approved Change of Stove from Gas to Electric

June 20, 2019    

The DRA granted landlord's 2018-2019 Maximum Base Rent (MBR) Order of Eligibility with an effective date of Jan. 1, 2018, because landlord complied with certification requirements for the biennial cycle. Rent-...

Landlord Gets $5 Monthly Rent Hike for Tenant's Air Conditioner

March 18, 2019    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for permission to increase rent-controlled tenant's rent by $5 per month based on tenant's installation of an air conditioner that extended beyond the apartment window line....

Landlord Cleared Sufficient Violations to Get Rent Increase

February 25, 2019    

Landlord applied for an increase in rent-controlled tenant's maximum base rent (MBR) for the 2018-2019 MBR increase cycle. The DRA ruled for landlord and increased the MBR as well as tenant's maximum...