Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of a rent-stabilized apartment. Tenant moved into the apartment on July 15, 2014, under a one-year lease for $2,600 per month. The DRA ruled for tenant...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $5,337, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord didn't submit copies of any leases or ledgers...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge, claiming that she was charged an illegal broker's fee, application fee, key charge, and excessive late fees. The DRA ruled for tenant based on a prior DHCR...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge and claimed that a rent increase based on individual apartment improvements (IAIs) was improperly calculated. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DHCR ruled for tenant. Landlord filed an Article 78 appeal, and the court sent the case back to the DHCR for reconsideration. The DHCR appealed and won. The...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $14,885, including interest. Landlord appealed and lost. The rent overcharge finding was based on a DHCR...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that it had made individual apartment improvements (IAIs) to the apartment before tenant moved in and paid a contractor $10,000 to replace all...
Landlord rented a rent-stabilized apartment to tenant in 1995, and periodically renewed the lease through 2007. Tenant was a business entity. In 2003, tenant''s rent was $1,524 per month, but tenant sublet...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming rent overcharge and fraud because his apartment was improperly deregulated while the building received J-51 tax benefits. The court ruled for tenant, finding that landlord engaged in a...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that the rent was frozen at $1,925 per month when tenant moved in on Nov. 1, 2013, based on landlord...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DHCR ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $740, including interest. Landlord appealed and lost. The overcharge finding was based on a rent freeze...
