Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant. Tenant claimed that his apartment was improperly deregulated and that he was overcharged. The court ruled for tenant. Prior landlord last registered the apartment as rent...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $9,680, including triple damages for willful rent overcharge. Landlord appealed and won, in part. The DHCR...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge, claiming that landlord had improperly deregulated his apartment in a J-51 building. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding the base date rent of $1,925 was legal but that there had...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $6,776, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and won, claiming that there was no willful overcharge...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $11,995, including interest and triple damages. Landlord appealed and won, in part. The overcharge...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, disallowed some of the individual apartment improvement (IAI) increases claimed by landlord, and ordered landlord to refund $1,302,...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $18,700, including interest. Landlord and tenant both appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that the...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding willful overcharge, and ordered landlord to refund $34,400, including $16,300 in triple damages. Landlord appealed, claiming...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant but found that no refund was required because landlord had already refunded to tenant the overcharge plus interest in an amount that was...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $58,490, including triple damages and interest. The DRA found that a prior DHCR order permitting a change...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $22,365, including interest. The DRA found that, since the apartment was temporarily exempt on the base rent date, tenant...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and found there was a $26,640 overcharge, with triple damages. Since landlord already had refunded over $13,000, it must refund the...
