UNIT/BUILDING COVERED

Tenant Who Changed Apartments Still Subject to Rent Stabilization

February 15, 2017    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge and unlawful deregulation of his apartment. Landlord claimed that tenant was unregulated because the prior legal rent was $1,936. The DRO ruled for tenant, finding that prior...

Tenant's Apartment Was Improperly Deregulated After 2009 Vacancy

January 19, 2017    

Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant. The court ruled for landlord after a trial but later granted tenant’s request to set aside the judgment. Tenant claimed improper deregulation of the apartment, so the...

High-Rent/High-Income Deregulation Doesn't Apply to Buildings Subject to Rent Stabilization Under 421-a After July 2, 1984

December 20, 2016    

Tenant moved into a new building receiving 421-a tax benefits in 1994. In 2008 landlord informed tenant that, when the 421-a benefits expired in 2009, he would no longer be subject to rent stabilization. Tenant asked...

Hotel-Stabilized Tenant's Roommate Became Permanent Tenant After Tenant Moved Out

December 20, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict hotel-stabilized tenant and his girlfriend/roommate, claiming that tenant didn’t maintain the apartment as his primary residence.  Landlord also claimed that the roommate was a...

Apartment That Was Previously Temporarily Exempt Remained Rent Stabilized

December 20, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that the apartment was unregulated due to high-rent vacancy deregulation. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized. The court ruled for tenant and dismissed the case. DHCR...

Former Owner of Illegally Converted Building Became Rent-Stabilized Tenant

December 20, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant, claiming that tenant was unregulated. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized. The court ruled for tenant and dismissed the case. Tenant said that he bought the...

Apartment Remains Rent Stabilized After J-51 Benefits Expire

September 29, 2016    

Landlord applied in 2013 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant’s apartment. The DRA terminated that proceeding because a prior DHCR order issued in 2001 already found the apartment exempt from rent...

Landlord Didn't Prove High-Rent Deregulation in Effect on Base Date

September 29, 2016    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that the building previously received J-51 benefits, now expired, and that the apartment was deregulated. The DRA found no overcharge but ruled that the...

Employee of Prior Landlord Became Rent-Stabilized Tenant

September 26, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant, claiming that a license granted by former landlord had expired and occupant had no right to remain. Occupant claimed that she was a rent-stabilized tenant. She worked for...

Tenant Received No J-51 Rider

August 23, 2016    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant’s apartment in 2013. The DRA ruled against landlord. The building had previously received J-51 tax benefits. Tenant’s lease didn’t...

Court Finds Unregulated Tenant Was Actually Rent Stabilized

August 21, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict unregulated, month-to-month tenant. Tenant claimed that she was rent stabilized. Landlord argued that she was entitled to collect a negotiated unregulated rent from tenant when tenant moved...

Tenant Didn't Receive Proper J-51 Lease Rider

July 26, 2016    

Landlord asked the DHCR to rule on whether its building was exempt from rent stabilization. Landlord claimed that the building was substantially rehabilitated between 1989 and 1990, and received J-51 tax benefits....