Rent-controlled tenant complained of rent overcharge. He said landlord improperly calculated the 2022-2023 Maximum Base Rent (MBR) for his apartment as $2662.80 instead of $2,622.80. In response, landlord claimed...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2021. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. Tenant appealed and lost. The DRA had found that the legal base date rent was $1,410.48...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2024. The DRA ruled for tenant in part, finding that the base date legal regulated rent (LRR) was $1,473 per month, that as of May 1, 2022, the LRR...
A Mount Vernon tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2022. Tenant also complained that landlord didn't renew his lease. The DRA ruled for tenant. Based on a prior DHCR rent reduction order, tenant...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. Tenant claimed that her rent was frozen as the result of DRIE program benefits she received and that landlord was willfully overcharging her. The DRA...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR about rent overcharge in 2020. She claimed that her rent had been frozen pursuant to a previously issued DHCR rent reduction order. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming improper apartment deregulation and rent overcharge. The trial court ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $169,000 including triple damages.
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DHCR ruled for tenant, finding that the on-time discounted rent charged to tenant, rather than the higher rent listed on tenant's lease, was...
Rent-stabilized tenant sued landlord for rent overcharge, claiming fraud by landlord. The court ruled for tenant. The last rent charged to prior tenant was $1,044.52 per month and landlord then charged tenant $1,500...
Tenants sued landlord in a class action, claiming rent overcharges resulting from an alleged scheme to charge market-rate rents for apartments while collecting J-51 tax benefits. Landlord denied tenants' claims...
Tenants lived in a building that was subject to HUD oversight until April 12, 2011, when the building became subject to the Rent Stabilization Law. Under landlord’s Use Agreement with HUD, tenants who had been...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DHCR ruled for tenant, finding that an on-time discounted rent provided for in tenant's lease wasn't a preferential rent but instead amounted to an...
