Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding a total overcharge with triple damages of $102.51. Since tenant owed $36,791 to landlord in back rent, no refund was...
Rent-stabilized tenant in a building complained to the DHCR in 2017 of rent overcharge. He had moved into the unit in 1993 and claimed that he had been overcharged for 20 years. He also claimed that landlord had...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2017. The DRA ruled for tenant. Because there was a 1989 DHCR service/rent reduction order in place on the 2013 base date, the legal regulated rent...
(Decision submitted by Elizabeth Lentini, Esq. of the Manhattan law firm of Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C., attorneys for the landlord.)
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2017 of rent overcharge and unlawful apartment deregulation. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $24,962, including triple damages. Landlord appealed, claiming...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge in 2018, noting that the apartment rent had increased from $765.82 to $1,500 when he moved into the unit in 2015. Landlord answered that the tenant...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and found that there was a total overcharge with interest equal to $22,014. Since landlord had refunded $44,709 to tenant while the...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant but found no refund was owed. The overcharge wasn't willful, and landlord had refunded more than the overcharge amount plus interest...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and found that there was a total overcharge of $197,245, including triple damages. The DRA noted that landlord had already...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $38,315, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and won. Landlord pointed out that it...
(Decision submitted by Mary D. Milone, Esq. of the Manhattan law firm of Borah Goldstein Altschuler Nahins & Goidel, P.C., attorneys for the landlord.)
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2017. The DRA found that the base date rent was lawful but that there were subsequent overcharges. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund the...
