Rent-stabilized tenant sued landlord for rent overcharge. Tenant's apartment had been improperly deregulated while the building received J-51 tax benefits. Landlord claimed that the apartment's legal...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge based on a 2018 DHCR building-wide rent reduction order, which froze collectible rents at the building effective Dec. 1, 2017. The DRA ruled for tenant and...
Former tenant complained of rent overcharge for the period between June 15, 2012, and Oct. 31, 2013. The DRA ruled for tenant, based on a DHCR rent reduction order that was in effect during tenant's occupancy....
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. He said that (a) he never received a lease from landlord in 2007; (b) the apartment registrations were fraudulent; and (c) landlord's claim that tenant had a...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2017. The DRA decided tenant's complaint after the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (HSTPA) was enacted, and found that there was no...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2017. He claimed that landlord improperly charged him air conditioner and washing machine surcharges since 2009. Tenant had moved into the apartment in 2000....
Tenant sued landlord, claiming improper deregulation of her apartment, that she was rent stabilized, and that she was overcharged. The court ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund rent overcharges.
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and found a rent overcharge of $15,357. But, since tenant hadn't paid rent from March 2015 to May 2016, the overcharge was offset by...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge and lease violations, claiming that her apartment was unlawfully deregulated. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding a rent overcharge of $4,200 including triple damages. The DRA also...
