Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $23,662, including triple damages and interest. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that landlord had...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. Tenant claimed that she moved from Apt. 2A to 3A at landlord's request and that landlord then impermissibly increased her rent. The DRA ruled against tenant,...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. In a prior housing court eviction proceeding based on nonpayment of rent, landlord and tenant signed a...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $18,697, including interest. Landlord and tenant both appealed. The DHCR ruled against landlord, who...
Rent-controlled tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2017, claiming that landlord improperly calculated the maximum base rent (MBR) for 20 years and that he paid $1,948 per month. The DRA ruled for tenant and...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge and claimed landlord engaged in a fraudulent scheme to deregulate her apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant in part, finding a rent overcharge of $15,790, including interest, based...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DHCR ruled for tenant. Landlord filed an Article 78 appeal, and the court sent the case back to the DHCR for reconsideration. The DHCR appealed and won. The...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. At some point, tenant claimed rent overcharge and argued that her monthly $1,500 rent was the legal rent, not a preferential rent. Tenant asked...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $14,885, including interest. Landlord appealed and lost. The rent overcharge finding was based on a DHCR...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that prior landlord misrepresented a preferential rent that tenant...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that it had made individual apartment improvements (IAIs) to the apartment before tenant moved in and paid a contractor $10,000 to replace all...
