Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $26,955, including triple damages and interest and reflecting a prior refund of $18,177. The overcharge...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $1,430, including interest. Tenant appealed and lost. In response to the overcharge complaint, landlord...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $12,954, including interest. The overcharge finding was based on a 2002 rent reduction order that had...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $23,000, including interest and triple damages. Landlord appealed, claiming that triple damages were...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA found an overcharge of $4,225, including interest. But no refund was due since tenant owed $54,000 in back rent. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed...
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...
