Tenant complained of rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that the apartment was permanently exempt since 2010. The DRA ruled for tenant, found that the apartment was rent stabilized, and ordered landlord to refund $65,...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $5,870, including interest. The DRA found an overcharge and froze tenant's rent based on a 2011 rent...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $75,000, including triple damages and interest. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord never responded to the DRA's...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that the apartment was permanently exempt on the base date due to high-rent vacancy deregulation. The DRA ruled for tenant, found that tenant was rent stabilized...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and found a total overcharge of $3,475, including interest. The DRA ordered landlord to refund $965 after deducting a refund landlord...
Two tenants sued their building's landlord, claiming that they were improperly given unregulated leases when they moved into the building in 1999 and 2008 respectively. The building received J-51 benefits between...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed rent overcharge and fraud by landlord, and asked the court for permission to conduct pretrial question and document requests....
Rent-stabilized tenant who received Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE) benefits complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $870 to tenant and $3,232 to the New...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and froze tenant's monthly rent at $360, based on a 1993 rent reduction order for the apartment that was still in effect. This...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that landlord's late fee charges were excessive and that landlord had waived the right to collect a washing machine...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that the apartment was unregulated. The DRA ruled against tenant, based on a settlement agreement between the parties so-ordered in a housing court case. In that...
Former rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that he was the first rent-stabilized tenant of the apartment, reducing that rent, and directing landlord to refund $2,...
