Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $33,387, including triple damages and interest. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord argued against the...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA found that the Sept. 15, 2005, base date rent of $3,148 was the legal rent at that time. But later landlord collected excessive rent increases. Landlord...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding no overcharge. Tenant appealed and won, in part. Tenant claimed that her rent history showed a pattern of fraud and...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund over $21,000, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that the DRA shouldn...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DHCR ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund the overcharge with triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. The court and appeals court ruled that...
Subtenant complained of a rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for subtenant and ordered tenant to refund $133,539, including triple damages. Subtenant appealed, claiming that the building's owner, managing agent, and...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $26,439, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord argued that it was entitled to a...
Tenant moved into a rent-stabilized apartment in November 2003 at a rent of $1,800 per month. In December 2003, landlord registered the apartment with the DHCR, stating that a prior tenant paid $1,000...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $8,500, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. The DRA had disallowed any rent increase...
Rent-stabilized SRO tenant complained of a rent overcharge after landlord increased her monthly rent from $571 to $596. The DHCR ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $2,350, including triple damages....
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $25,458, including triple damages. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that it had reduced...
