In 2007, rent-stabilized tenants, who were husband and wife, relocated from their apartment to another unit in the building at the prior landlord's request. The new apartment was unregulated, and tenants received...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2018 of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of her apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the unit was deregulated in 2009, which was prior to the 2014 base rent...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation in April 2019. Landlord claimed that there was no overcharge and that the unit had been vacancy-deregulated when...
Tenant asked the DHCR for a ruling on her regulatory status, claiming that she was subject to rent stabilization. The DRA ruled for tenant and set her legal regulated rent at $1,190.
On Dec. 22, 2023, NYS Governor Hochul signed into law State Senate Bill 2980-C, the long-awaited amendments to the the Rental Stabilization Law, ETPA, and rent control laws. As pointed out in in her "Approval...
Landlord sought a ruling from the DHCR that its building was exempt from rent stabilization based on a substantial rehabilitation that took place after Jan. 1, 1974. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and...
Tenant asked the DHCR for a ruling on the regulatory status of his apartment, as well as the legal rent. Landlord claimed that the unit was properly deregulated based on high-rent vacancy in 2011 when an exit...
In May 2016, landlord timely applied to the DHCR for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA ruled against landlord in November 2019, and dismissed the application...
Landlord sued tenant in State Supreme Court after sending tenant a termination notice before her one-year lease ended. Landlord claimed that tenant failed to vacate the apartment and sought to recover damages for...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2022. Tenant moved into the apartment in 2020 and his initial vacancy lease included an HPD Permanently Affordable Inclusionary Housing Program Rider stating that...
Tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord failed to give her a proper renewal lease in the form required under the Rent Stabilization Code and rent guidelines. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to...
In 2018, tenants applied to the DHCR for a ruling on their rent regulatory status. They claimed that landlord had improperly removed their apartment from rent stabilization. In response, landlord argued that tenants...
