Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Tenant then filed an Article 78 court appeal, claiming that the DHCR's decision was arbitrary and...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR in 2018 of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $15,873, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. The DRA had properly...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR on June 25, 2019, of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered a refund of $50,869, including triple damages, for overcharges occurring between 2015 and 2023...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $1,170, including triple damages. Tenant appealed and won. Tenant argued that the actual overcharge was...
In 2017, the DHCR's Rent Administrator opened a rent overcharge proceeding upon referral from the agency's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU). In June 2021, the DRA requested from landlord complete rent history...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2020. Despite a number of granted extensions, landlord didn't submit any rent history records. The DRA then ruled for tenant and set the base...
Various building tenants sued landlord, claiming rent overcharge and improper deregulation of their apartments, which they claimed were rent stabilized. They also claimed breach of the warranty of habitability for...
Rent-stabilized tenant applied to the DHCR for a calculation of the legal regulated rent for his apartment. The DRA ruled in 2020 that the legal rent was $1,161.90 per month at the expiration of the most recent...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $150,249, including interest and triple damages. The overcharge finding was based on...
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) reviewed 2014 and 2015 rent registrations for an apartment and conducted a rent audit, requesting rent history documentation from landlord. Landlord didn't comply after...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge based on an outstanding rent reduction order. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $154,957, including triple damages and interest. Tenant's...
