RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE

Landlord Proved That Building Was Substantially Rehabilitated

April 24, 2024    

Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent regulation based on substantial rehabilitation of the building after Jan. 1, 1974. The DRA ruled for landlord, finding that it had replaced...

Separating HMD Buildings Under New Deed Didn't Remove Them from Rent Stabilization

April 24, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for a determination that tenant's apartment was exempt from rent regulation. The DRA ruled against landlord. Rent Stabilization Code Section 2520.11(d) provides that a building...

Tenant Moved into Building After Sub Rehab and J-51 Benefit Expiration

April 24, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent regulation due to a substantial rehabilitation done in 1989. The DRA ruled for landlord. However, the DRA ruled that four tenants who...

Landlord's SRO Building Was Subject to Rent Stabilization

April 22, 2024    

In 2022, landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent regulation because the apartments were used exclusively for charitable purposes on a nonprofit basis. The DRA ruled against...

Two Adjoining Buildings Were Horizontal Multiple Dwelling

April 22, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for a ruling that its two adjoining buildings were exempt from rent stabilization because they shouldn't be considered a Horizontal Multiple Dwelling (HMD) that, combined, contained...

Tenant Didn't Receive All Required 421-a Lease Riders

April 22, 2024    

Tenant complained that landlord failed to offer her a valid rent-stabilized renewal lease. Landlord claimed that the apartment was no longer subject to rent stabilization because 421-a tax benefits received for the...

Former Hospital Employee Living in Hospital's Building Wasn't Entitled to Rent-Stabilized Lease

April 22, 2024    

An apartment occupant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to give her a rent-stabilized lease. The DRA ruled against occupant, finding that she initially occupied the apartment as an incident to her...

Chapter Amendments to Recent Rent Law Modifications Are Enacted

March 27, 2024    

On March 1, 2024, New York Governor Hochul signed into law "Chapter Amendments" to certain Rent Stabilization Law (RSL) and Emergency Tenant Protection Act (ETPA) amendments that were enacted on Dec. 22,...

Building Less Than 80% Vacant Wasn't Substantially Rehabbed

March 26, 2024    

Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to a substantial rehabilitation performed after Jan. 1, 1974. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. The...

Apartment Was Vacancy-Deregulated in 2006

March 25, 2024    

White Plains tenants complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenants and dismissed their complaint, finding that the apartment had been vacancy-deregulated in 2006 before tenants moved in....

Former Hospital Employee-Occupants Didn't Become Rent Stabilized After Employment Ended

March 25, 2024    

Apartment licensee Joseph complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA terminated the proceeding because the licensee's initial occupancy was contingent upon her employment with Maimonides Medical Center (...

Tenants in Occupancy During J-51 Benefit Period Didn't Receive J-51 Lease Riders

March 25, 2024    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for a determination that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation of the property in 1989. The DRA ruled for landlord since the sub rehab took...