TRIPLE DAMAGES DENIED

No Fraud Found Although Apartment Improperly Deregulated

June 24, 2016    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. Landlord and tenant both appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that the base date rent relied upon by the DRA...

No Triple Damages Where Overcharge Resulted from Rent Reduction Order

May 24, 2016    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRO ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $9,476, including interest. The overcharge was based on an outstanding rent reduction order that had...

No Fraud by Landlord in Connection with Rent Overcharge

May 23, 2016    

Unregulated tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRO ruled for tenant, found that he was rent stabilized, and ordered landlord to refund $30,278 plus interest. The DRO found that the legal regulated rent on the...

Legal Rent of Apartment Owner Occupied on Base Date Set Using Comparable Rents

April 26, 2016    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRO ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $35,000, including interest. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord argued that, before tenant moved into...

Proof of Fewer Than Six Apartments on Base Date Was Insufficient

February 16, 2016    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $61,350, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and won, in part. Landlord had claimed that the building was...

Overcharge Resulting from 1990 Rent Reduction Order Wasn't Willful

November 24, 2015