SUBSTANTIAL REHABILITATION

Building Substantially Rehabbed in 1999 Was Exempt from Rent Stabilization

August 21, 2018    

The DRA granted landlord's application for a ruling that its building had been substantially rehabilitated in 1999 and therefore was exempt from rent stabilization. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that...

Landlord Didn't Prove Building Was Substantially Rehabbed

July 18, 2018    

Landlord asked the DHCR to determine that its building was exempt from rent regulation based on a substantial rehabilitation that took place between 2002 and 2007. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and...

Landlord Didn't Prove Building Was Substantially Rehabilitated

May 29, 2018    

In response to a rent overcharge complaint filed by tenant, landlord claimed that the building was exempt from rent stabilization based on substantial rehabilitation completed in 2007. The DHCR then opened a "UC...

Court Must Re-examine Whether Building Was Substantially Rehabilitated

May 26, 2018    

Landlord sued to evict tenants, claiming that their building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation of the building after Jan. 1, 1974. The court ruled for landlord without a trial....

Landlord Didn't Prove Building Was Exempt from Regulation

May 21, 2018    

Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation. Landlord claimed that it spent over $330,000 to renovate the six-unit building in 2015. The...

Tenants Remained Rent Stabilized After Building's Substantial Rehab

May 21, 2018    

Landlord asked the DHCR for a finding that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation. The DRA ruled for landlord in part. Substantial rehabilitation was completed in 2013 after...

Landlord Didn't Prove Building Was Substantially Rehabilitated

April 23, 2018    

Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling that its building had been substantially rehabilitated and therefore was exempt from rent stabilization. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Landlord didn't...

Building Substantially Rehabilitated in 2007 Was Exempt from Rent Stabilization

March 27, 2018    

Landlord asked the DHCR to determine that its building was exempt from rent stabilization based on substantial rehabilitation completed in 2007. HPD had issued a vacate order for the building in 2006 after a fire,...

Landlord Proves Building Was Substantially Rehabbed in 1984

March 27, 2018    

Landlord asked the DHCR for a determination that its building was exempt from rent stabilization because it had been substantially rehabilitated by prior landlord after Jan. 1, 1974. The DRA ruled for landlord....

Landlord Proves Building Was Substantially Rehabilitated in Eviction Case

March 27, 2018    

(Decision submitted by Adam Leitman Bailey of the Manhattan law firm of Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., attorneys for the landlord.)

Building Was Substantially Rehabilitated

March 22, 2018    

Landlord asked the DHCR for a determination that its building had been substantially rehabilitated and therefore wasn't subject to rent stabilization. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost....

Building Was Substantially Rehabilitated in 1993

March 22, 2018    

Landlord applied to the DHCR for a determination that its building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Landlord submitted...