Current and former building tenants sued landlord, claiming rent overcharge and improper deregulation of apartments while landlord received J-51 tax benefits for the building. Tenants asked the court to certify the...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. Tenant appealed, and the case was reopened. The DRA's finding was made based on a four-year base date of...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund a total overcharge of $597. Tenant appealed, and the case was reopened. The DRA had decided the...
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) filed a complaint with the DRA claiming that landlord had overcharged tenant. The DRA found there was a willful overcharge since landlord failed to produce sufficient proof...
Tenants commenced a class action against landlord for rent overcharge and improper deregulation of a building receiving J-51 tax benefits. After the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (HSTPA) amended...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DHCR ruled for tenant, awarding triple damages and attorneys' fees. Landlord filed an Article 78 court appeal, claiming that the DHCR's decision was...
Unregulated tenant sued landlord, claiming that his apartment had been illegally deregulated, that he was rent stabilized, and that he had been overcharged. The court ruled for tenant, finding that he was entitled to...
Building tenants sued landlord, claiming rent overcharge and other violations of the rent stabilization law. Tenants also sought designation to proceed with the case as a class action. The court dismissed tenants...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. Later, in March 2019, tenant's attorney wrote to the DRA and stated that tenant wished to withdraw his complaint because he wanted to file an...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. The DRA found that the apartment's legal rent on April 27, 2011, was over the monthly deregulation threshold of $2,000...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA later terminated and dismissed the proceeding based on a withdrawal letter submitted by tenant's attorney. Tenant's attorney advised...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. After some prior determination and PAR remand order, the DRA ruled against tenant in January 2019. The DRA found that landlord proved the installation of individual apartment...
