Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of a rent-stabilized apartment. Tenant moved into the apartment on July 15, 2014, under a one-year lease for $2,600 per month. The DRA ruled for tenant...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $5,337, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord didn't submit copies of any leases or ledgers...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming rent overcharge and improper deregulation of a rent-stabilized apartment. The court ruled for tenant. The apartment had been last registered as rent stabilized in 2002 at a rent of $1,...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming that his apartment was improperly deregulated while the building received J-51 tax benefits. Tenant also claimed rent overcharge. The court ruled for tenant in part. Tenant's...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment, which she claimed was rent stabilized. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Landlord deregulated the apartment based on...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. Landlord charged tenant a preferential rent on the 2012 base date, and both the legal regulated rent and preferential rent were listed in tenant's base date...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. His monthly rent was $1,720.80. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. The building was newly constructed, and tenant was the first tenant to move into the...
Tenant sued landlord for rent overcharge based on landlord's failure to charge rent-stabilized rents while receiving J-51 tax benefits. The court granted landlord's request to dismiss the case without a trial...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge, claiming that she was charged an illegal broker's fee, application fee, key charge, and excessive late fees. The DRA ruled for tenant based on a prior DHCR...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge, claiming that individual apartment improvements (IAIs) done by landlord were merely repairs. She also claimed that landlord was charging her a preferential rent....
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DHCR ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $34,826, including interest. Landlord then filed an Article 78 court appeal. The court sent the case back to the DHCR for...
