Former tenant sued landlord in civil court for rent overcharge in an amount no greater than $50,000. The claimed overcharge period was October 2023 through October 2024. The claimed overcharge was based on a single...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR in 2022 of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that: (a) the November 2016 base date legal regulated rent was $1,909 and the collectible rent was $492...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR in 2023 of specific rent overcharge, claiming that she moved into her apartment in 1998 and that in 2017 her preferential rent was illegally increased from $927 to $1,300...
Tenants complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2017. The DRA ruled against tenants, finding that the base rent date was August 2013 and that the apartment had been legally deregulated when it became vacant...
Rent-controlled tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that a prior DHCR order granted tenant succession rights and set the Maximum Collectible Rent (MCR) was $1,012 per...
Apartment tenants, who moved into the unit in 2016, complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge after June 14, 2019, claiming their unit had been improperly deregulated before they moved in. The DRA ruled against...
A tenant complained to the DHCR in 2023 of rent overcharge, claiming that he was rent stabilized and that landlord failed to honor a temporary-relocation-plan agreement which stated that tenant would be able to...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR in 2020 of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. The base date was June 14, 2015; tenant paid a preferential rent; tenant's vacancy...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. Among other things, tenant pointed out that she wasn't offered the option of a one- or two-year vacancy lease when she moved into the apartment...
Subtenant complained to the DHCR that the unit's rent-stabilized tenant was overcharging her. The DRA ruled for subtenant in 2016 and ordered tenant to refund $54,000, including triple damages.
Tenant complained to the DHCR in February 2019, claiming rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding a total overcharge with triple damages of $55,995. But, since tenant owed $92,000 in back rent, there was no...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2020, claiming rent overcharge and improper deregulation of her apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the apartment was vacancy-deregulated in 2014 when the legal rent...
