Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant in 2020 and stated that tenant wasn't rent stabilized because the building contained fewer than six apartments. In response, tenant claimed that the building was rent...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming that landlord had fraudulently raised his apartment rent in January 2001 to remove the unit from rent stabilization through vacancy deregulation. Tenant also claimed that there was a...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of improper deregulation of his apartment and rent overcharge. The DHCR ruled against tenant, finding that the apartment had been vacancy deregulated more than six years before the base...
Tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord failed to offer her a renewal lease on the same terms and conditions as the expiring lease. The DRA terminated the proceeding, finding it had no jurisdiction because the...
Tenant sought a ruling from the DHCR that he was subject to rent stabilization. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that his occupancy was contingent upon his employment with Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) and was...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation of the building that took place after Dec. 31, 1973. The DRA ruled against landlord...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of a reduction in required services. In response, landlord claimed that the apartment had been vacancy deregulated and wasn't subject to rent stabilization. The DHCR then opened a...
The DHCR issued an order on June 10, 2022, finding that tenant's apartment was subject to rent stabilization. Landlord filed an Article 78 court appeal of the DHCR's decision, and the case was sent back to...
Tenants sued landlord in March 2019, claiming improper apartment deregulation and wilful rent overcharge. They moved into the apartment in 2017 under a non-regulated lease at $4,000 per month. DHCR rent registration...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. She claimed that the building had been subject to the Mitchell-Lama program and, upon dissolution, landlord improperly set the fair market rent by 120 percent. The...
Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation. The DRA ruled against landlord because it didn't submit copies of its application for...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to a substantial rehabilitation performed in 2018. The DRA ruled against landlord in July 2023. Noting that DHCR...
