Tenants complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenants and found a total overcharge of $179,550 with triple damages and interest. Tenant appealed and lost. Rent Stabilization Code (RSC) Section 2526.1, in...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding a total overcharge of $357, which had already been refunded through a rent credit. Landlord appealed and lost. The DRA found...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord argued that the legal regulated rent on the base date was $1,872, while the $1,400 rent paid by...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed rent overcharge. The court ruled for tenant and later calculated the amount of the overcharge by applying the June 2019 amendments...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $2,662, with triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Tenant's lease that commenced on Sept. 1,...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed improper deregulation of the apartment based on landlord's fraudulent scheme to deregulate rent-stabilized units. Tenant argued...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in connection with his parking garage space. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that landlord charged more than a rent guidelines increase to tenant for the parking...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed rent overcharge and asked the court for permission to conduct pretrial questioning. The court ruled for tenant. Tenant, after...
Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant when tenant's lease expired, claiming that the apartment was deregulated. Tenant claimed that the apartment was improperly deregulated and that there was a rent...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $35,517, including interest. Landlord appealed and lost. Tenant moved into the apartment in 2013. The...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $18,125, including interest. The rent overcharge was based on prior rent reduction orders that froze...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $12,880, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord argued that the DRA applied the...
