Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. Tenant had paid a preferential rent since the base date. Tenant appealed and won in part. Tenant correctly...
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) conducted an audit of individual apartment improvements (IAIs) claimed by landlord for tenant's apartment. The TPU disallowed all the IAIs based on records submitted by...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and found an overcharge in the amount of $12,039, including interest. The overcharge was based on landlord's collection of rent...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming that his apartment was improperly deregulated while the building received J-51 tax benefits. Tenant also claimed rent overcharge. The court ruled for tenant in part. Tenant's...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $19,987, including interest. The DRA found that the overcharge resulted from a series of rent reduction...
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) commenced an individual apartment improvement (IAI) audit of an apartment rent based on a review of rent registrations. Based on landlord's failure to comply with the...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $89,000, including interest. Landlord and tenant both appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that the DRA improperly...
(Decision submitted by Ronald S. Languedoc of the Manhattan law firm of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP, attorneys for the tenant.)
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...
