HIGH-RENT DEREGULATION

Explanatory Addendum to 2018 Deregulation Order Was Valid

June 22, 2021    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenants' rent-stabilized apartment in 2010. The DRA didn't issue a deregulation order for landlord until February 2018, based on the DRA's...

Explanatory Addenda to 2018 Deregulation Order Continued Rent Stabilization Coverage

June 18, 2021    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenants' rent-stabilized apartment in 2018. The DRA issued a deregulation order for landlord in December 2018 based on tenants' admission that their...

DHCR Dismisses 2019 Deregulation Application After HSTPA Enacted

May 24, 2021    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of  tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in May 2019. The DRA dismissed the applications in August 2019 based on provisions of HSTPA that repealed...

DHCR Dismisses 2019 High-Rent/High-Income Deregulation Applications

April 20, 2021    

In February 2019, landlord filed three applications for high-rent/high-income deregulation of rent-stabilized apartments in one building. The DRA ruled against landlord in August 2019 based on the enactment of the...

No Vacancy Deregulation Applied Where Tenant Wasn't Given Lease

April 20, 2021    

Tenant asked the DHCR for a ruling on the rent-regulated status of her apartment. Landlord claimed that the unit had been vacancy-deregulated in 2009 when prior tenant moved out with a legal rent of $1,738.51....

Landlord's 2019 Deregulation Applications Dismissed Based on HSTPA

March 29, 2021    

Landlord applied separately for high-rent/high-income deregulation of 10 apartments in one building in May 2019. The DRA dismissed those applications in August 2019 based on provisions of HSTPA that repealed...

Deregulation Applications Filed in 2019 Properly Dismissed

February 23, 2021    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of five apartments in its building in May 2019. The DRA dismissed all of these applications in August 2019 because, effective June 14, 2019, HSTPA repealed the...

DHCR Must Reconsider Deregulation of Tenant's Apartment

January 25, 2021    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in 2011. The DRA ruled for landlord in 2018. The DRA had asked both tenant and the Dept. of Taxation and Finance (DTF...

Tenant Should Have Been Given Renewal Lease Before HSTPA Enacted

December 18, 2020    

Landlord applied in 2016 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord in April 2019 based on tax verification information from the NYS Dept. of Taxation and Finance (...

DHCR's Explanatory Addenda Affirmed HSTPA's Elimination of Deregulation of Apartment

November 23, 2020    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in 2019. Landlord pointed out that tenant admitted in response to the Income Certification Form (ICF) issued that year...

DHCR's Explanatory Addenda Called for Continuation of Tenant's Rent-Stabilized Status

November 23, 2020    

Landlord applied in 2016 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment after tenant failed to respond to the Income Certification Form (ICF) sent earlier that year. The DRA ruled...

Regina Decision Not Applicable to High-Rent/High-Income Deregulation

October 26, 2020    

Landlord applied in 2014 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord and issued a deregulation order in April 2018 based on income verification...