Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge based on a broker's fee of $3,024 charged by landlord's property manager for an apartment that rented for $1,680 per month. The DRA ruled for...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund a total of $137.94, including triple damages. Landlord had previously listed both a legal...
Tenants of a three-building complex with 1,800 apartments brought a class action against landlord, claiming that rent concessions given to the initial tenants in these 421-a buildings were in fact preferential rents...
Tenants of 11 buildings sued landlord, claiming landlord fraudulently deregulated rent-stabilized apartments in their buildings. The court granted tenants' request for pre-trial document production by landlord,...
Tenant sued landlord in October 2019, claiming rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. Tenant moved into the unit in 2006 and wasn't informed that the building was receiving J-51 tax benefits at that...
Tenants of 37 apartments sued landlord in a class action claiming improper deregulation and rent overcharge while landlord received J-51 tax benefits. In 2022, the court granted tenants' request for a decision...
Four tenants sued landlord, claiming improper, fraudulent apartment deregulation and rent overcharge. Tenants asked the court for a ruling without a trial, which the court granted in part in 2022. Tenants appealed,...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, and the DHCR denied landlord's PAR. Landlord then filed an Article 78 court appeal, claiming that the DHCR's decision was arbitrary...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $25,174, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Tenant's 2015...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge because landlord charged to tenant, and tenant paid, legal fees in the amount of $354. The DRA ruled for tenant and found that tenant was entitled to a...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2020. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $4,469, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA found a total overcharge with interest of $2,696 but ordered no refund because tenant's rent arrears totaled $3,718 at the time the DRA...
