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...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed rent overcharge and pointed out that a 1989 DHCR rent reduction order was still in effect since a 1994 rent restoration application...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge, claiming that landlord collected illegal fees and surcharges. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $11,660, including triple damages. Landlord...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained in 2015 of rent overcharge based on a 1996 rent reduction order that was still in effect. The DRA ruled for tenant and froze the 2011 base date rent at $650 based on the rent...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that there was no overcharge and that it correctly charged tenant an individual apartment improvement (IAI) rent increase for new windows when...
Unregulated tenant complained of rent overcharge, improper deregulation, and fraud. Tenant's monthly rent was $2,700, and tenant questioned alleged individual apartment improvements (IAIs) made to the apartment....
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $5,490, including interest. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord objected to the DRA's denial of a...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $35,000, including interest. Landlord appealed and lost. Tenant's apartment was temporarily exempt from rent...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that the apartment was no longer rent stabilized due to high-rent vacancy deregulation. Tenant claimed fraud and said that the DRA should look at the rent...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $15,633, including interest and triple damages. The DRA used the DHCR's default method to set the base...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $10,000, including interest and triple damages. Landlord appealed, claiming that the DRA should have...
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) initiated a rent overcharge complaint with the DHCR's Office of Rent Administration (ORA). The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $85,000, including...
