Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant questioned the rent increase for individual apartment improvements (IAIs)...
(Decision submitted by Elizabeth A. Lentini of the Manhattan law firm of Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C., attorneys for the landlord.)
Rent-controlled tenant complained of rent overcharge, claiming improper calculation of the latest Maximum Base Rent (MBR) for his apartment. The DRA issued an order calculating the Maximum Collectible Rent (MCR) for...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that landlord was entitled to a rent increase for individual apartment improvements (IAIs) when tenant moved in. Tenant...
Tenant claimed that she was rent stabilized and complained of rent overcharge in 2018. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the apartment had been vacancy deregulated in 2006. Tenant appealed and lost. In...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2017, claiming that prior landlord committed rent fraud. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. At the outset, the DHCR noted that the DRA...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $692, including triple damages. Tenant appealed and lost. After tenant filed his PAR, the HSTPA was...
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) filed a rent overcharge complaint against landlord in 2017 after conducting a rent audit. The DRA found an overcharge and ordered landlord to refund tenant $19,905,...
Tenant complained in 2017 of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the unit had been rent-controlled until it became temporarily exempt from rent regulation...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant. Tenant presented no proof indicating any rent fraud by landlord. The base rent date was Jan....
Rent-stabilized tenants complained of rent overcharge. In 2018 the DRA ruled against tenants, finding that the 2021 base date rent of $1,582 charged to tenants was proper. Tenants appealed and lost. Tenants claimed...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. Landlord asserted that the apartment was deregulated in 2009 when the rent was increased from $1,893 to $2,196 after application...
