Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized SRO tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed rent overcharge and asked the court for permission to conduct pre-trial questioning. Specifically, tenant sought production of...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, and landlord asked the court to strike tenant's counterclaim for rent overcharge. The court denied...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the apartment had been deregulated and wasn't subject to rent stabilization. Tenant appealed and argued that there was no prior...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DHCR found that the base date rent was $2,322 per month and refused to review rent history documents pre-dating the four-year base date. Tenant filed an Article 78 court...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that the apartment was unregulated, but the DHCR found that tenant was rent stabilized because the building was receiving J-51 benefits. However, the...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant's monthly rent was $1,575. Tenant claimed rent overcharge and asked the court for permission to conduct pre-trial questioning and...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that landlord committed fraud by illegally deregulating the...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant argued that the DRA failed to determine the legality of her rent prior to...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. The DRA found that the apartment was vacant on the April 7, 2007, base rent date, four years before tenant...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that tenant paid $1,100 per month at all times without any increase from the base rent date. Tenant appealed and lost....
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that the apartment was unregulated, but the DRA found that tenant was rent stabilized because the building was receiving J-51 benefits. However, the...
