LANDLORD LOSES

Tenant Overcharged for Ancillary Parking Space

June 24, 2019    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in connection with his parking space. The DRA found that landlord charged tenant the proper parking tax at a 10 percent rate on the March 2013 base rent date. And...

Base Date Rent Set by Default Formula

June 23, 2019    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and set the base date rent by using the default formula. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that the apartment was reconfigured into a duplex...

DHCR Inspection Showed None of the Claimed IAIs Were Done

June 23, 2019    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $138,204, including triple damages and interest. Landlord appealed and lost. Among other things, landlord...

Rent Overcharge of $170,000 Found Under Default Formula

June 23, 2019    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $169,926, including triple damages and interest. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord had failed to submit...

Rent Overcharge for Storage Fee

June 21, 2019    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant because landlord charged tenant a $50 monthly storage fee when the building's initial service registration form included storage in...

Appeals Court Affirms $102,000 Rent Overcharge Award to Tenant

May 24, 2019    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant, who claimed improper vacancy deregulation and rent overcharge. The court ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $102,000 in overcharges. Landlord appealed and...

Rent Frozen Until Landlord Files Missing Annual Rent Registrations

May 23, 2019    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to refund $17,560, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. The base date rent in September 2012 was $...

Legal Rent Reduced Based on Improper Conditional Rent Concession Clause

May 23, 2019    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $12,220, including interest and triple damages. The DRA found that landlord offered tenant a temporary...

Rent Overcharge Resulted from 1993 Rent Reduction Order

May 22, 2019    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, based on a 1993 rent reduction order that had remained in place. The DRA ordered landlord to refund $30,825, including interest....

Landlord Overcharged Improperly Deregulated Tenant in J-51 Building

May 10, 2019    

Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that tenant was unregulated. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized and that landlord had overcharged him. The court ruled for tenant, dismissed the case, and awarded...

Landlord Can't Prove It Didn't Receive Notice of Overcharge Complaint

April 26, 2019    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $25,471, including interest and triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that he didn...

Landlord Charged Monthly Rent Increase for New Stove

March 19, 2019    

Rent-stabilized tenant complaint of rent overcharge. Specifically, tenant claimed that landlord added $12 per month to tenant's rent starting in January 2013 after landlord installed a new stove in tenant's...