Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, and ordered landlord to refund over $6,000, including triple damages. Landlord appealed, and the DHCR denied landlord's PAR....
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that landlord didn't perform individual apartment improvements that the DRA granted a rent...
Landlord asked the DHCR to approve a rent increase after he painted rent-controlled tenant's apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord in part but limited the amount of the rent increase. Landlord appealed and...
Landlord asked the DHCR to approve a rent increase for rent-controlled tenant who had installed a washing machine in his apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord and ordered a prospective washing machine surcharge of $...
A parking garage owner asked the DHCR to approve monthly rent increases for Mitchell-Lama development tenants. The DRA ruled for the garage owner and granted a rate increase. The garage owner then filed an Article 78...
Landlord filed with the DHCR an Owner's Notice of a Rent Increase Based on Increased Services/New Furnishings/Equipment/Painting, along with a Tenant's Statement of Consent. Landlord stated that it made...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a rent overcharge. The DRA found no overcharge and dismissed the complaint. Tenant appealed and lost. Landlord had submitted proof of individual apartment improvements for which...
The DRA granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrading. One tenant appealed. He claimed that he shouldn't have to pay the increase because his initial lease contained no...
Landlord asked the DHCR to increase rent-controlled tenant's MBR and MCR because prior landlord failed to file for increases otherwise entitled to for 26 years. The DRA ruled for landlord and increased the MCR...
Landlord applied for an MBR Order of Eligibility in 2011. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed, claiming that landlord had a six-year pattern of filing false certifications and erroneous computations. The DRA...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for rent hikes based on the alternative hardship provisions of the Rent Stabilization Law and Code. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and won in part. The DRA had found that...
