Tenant sued landlord, claiming rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. He asked the court to rule in his favor without a trial based on documentary evidence. The court ruled for tenant, finding...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed rent overcharge, and the court granted tenant's request for permission to conduct pretrial questioning and document production...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed improper deregulation of a rent-stabilized apartment and rent overcharge. The trial court ruled for tenant, finding that the base date rent was...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2015. She moved into the apartment in 2011 at a monthly rent of $1,800, following a long period where the apartment had been registered as owner occupied....
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2012. He had lived in the apartment since 1976, and his initial monthly rent of $650 included a $100 charge for five air conditioners (at $20 each) installed by...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2017. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no rent overcharge. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant argued that the DRA failed to investigate a rent increase in...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2016. The DRA ruled for tenant in January 2020, applying a six-year base date and triple damages. The DRA ordered landlord to refund $18,225.
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2017. The DRA ruled for tenant in September 2019 and applied a six-year base date to the complaint based on HSTPA changes to the Rent Stabilization Law...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2016. The DRA ruled for tenant in October 2019, applying a six-year lookback period based on HSTPA changes to rent overcharge law. The DRA ordered landlord to...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2010. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and won in part. The DHCR disallowed some of landlord's claimed individual apartment improvements (IAIs), which had been...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2015. She claimed that landlord fraudulently charged her, the first rent-stabilized tenant after rent control, a legal regulated rent of $1,900 per month and a...
Tenant complained of improper apartment deregulation and rent overcharge. She claimed that landlord improperly claimed excessive costs for individual apartment improvements (IAIs) in its Notice of Deregulation when...
