Building complex tenants sued landlord in 2020, claiming that changes to the NYC Rent Stabilization Law made under the HSTPA in 2019 barred landlord from deregulating 6,200 apartments. Landlord argued in response...
Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent stabilization because it had been substantially rehabilitated between November 2013 and September 2014. The DRA ruled for landlord. One...
Tenant asked the DHCR for a ruling on whether his apartment was subject to rent stabilization, claiming the pre-war building at one point contained six apartments. Landlord claimed that the building contained fewer...
Tenant complaied to the DHCR, claiming that she was rent stabilized and that landlord refused to give her a lease. Landlord argued that the building was a four-family brownstone building and therefore not subject to...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent stabilization based on substantial rehabilitation in 2021. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Landlord argued that...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for rulings that five buildings had been substantially rehabilitated between 1985 and 1987. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that the buildings were rehabbed under a NYC Urban...
Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation. The DRA ruled against landlord, after landlord failed to submit requested leases, renewal...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming that she was rent stabilized and that the apartment had been illegally decontrolled in 2000 when landlord and a prior apartment occupant reached a "private agreement"...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the apartment had been vacancy-deregulated six years before tenant moved in. Tenant...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and claimed that his apartment had been unlawfully deregulated. The DRA ruled against tenant and dismissed the case. Tenant appealed and lost. In a prior decision, the...
Tenant asked the DHCR in 2018 for a ruling that he had succession rights to a rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that he was the first rent-stabilized tenant of the unit. Tenant and...
Tenant asked the DHCR in 2020 for a ruling that his apartment was rent controlled. He said he had lived in the unit with his parents since 1942, and submitted a 2017 housing court order indicating that the unit was...
