Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Landlord pointed out that it had signed an Assurance of Discontinuance with...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge based on a disputed MCI rent increase. The DRA ruled for tenant and found an overcharge of $544, including triple damages.
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2018 of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding insufficient evidence of fraud and that the apartment had been vacancy deregulated...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR in December 2018 of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $109,283, including triple damages and interest. The DRA found that the base...
Landlord sued rent-stabilized tenants in State Supreme Court, seeking recovery of $59,000 in back rent now owed since tenants stopped paying rent in March 2020. Tenants responded with claims of rent overcharge. They...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent in 2019. The parties signed a settlement agreement so-ordered by the court. Several year later, tenant claimed that he had signed the agreement...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $38,315, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and won. Landlord pointed out that it...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled for tenant in part, setting the lawful monthly rent at $1,632 and finding a total overcharge $1,344, but directed no rent...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled for tenant. Although there was a four-year lookback period, an outstanding 1989 rent reduction order required the DRA to freeze tenant's $1,...
Rent-stabilized tenant in Yonkers complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $576, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord had waived the...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR in February 2019 that he had been overcharged. Tenant argued that landlord made false claims that individual apartment improvements (IAIs) made before tenant moved into...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that landlord had proved it spent $64,984 on individual apartment improvements (IAIs) before tenant...
