UNIT/BUILDING COVERED

DHCR Sets Rents for Apartments Based on Unique Circumstances

May 22, 2015    

Landlord rented two apartments, one above the other, to tenant for a...

Non-Purchasing Tenant in Nonprofit Co-op Remains Rent Stabilized

May 14, 2015    

Landlord cooperative corporation sued to evict month-to-month tenant. Tenant claimed that she was rent stabilized. The court ruled for tenant after trial and dismissed the case. Tenant had lived in the building for...

SRO Occupant Under HRA Agreement Became Permanent Hotel Tenant

April 16, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict SRO housing occupant, claiming that he was a licensee whose license had expired. Occupant claimed that he was a rent-stabilized tenant and that landlord had refused to give him a lease....

Super Resumed Rent-Stabilized Status When Employment Ended

March 24, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict building super and his family in 2008 after the super's employment was terminated. Landlord claimed that the apartment was exempt from rent stabilization because the super lived there...

No Overcharge Determined in Proceeding to Decide Rent Regulatory Status

March 18, 2015    

Tenant asked the DHCR to determine the status of his apartment. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that the building was constructed before Jan. 1, 1974, and had at least...

Super Subject to Rent Stabilization After Employment Ended

March 17, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict former building super from Room A1 after the super's employment was terminated. The super claimed that he was previously rent stabilized and therefore again subject to rent stabilization....

Apartment Deregulated Due to High-Rent Vacancy

February 23, 2015    

Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Landlord proved that prior tenant lived in the apartment from 1977 until 2010. Landlord then did a full demolition of the...

Hotel Unit Subject to Rent Stabilization

February 13, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict apartment hotel tenant, claiming that she was unregulated. Tenant claimed that she was subject to rent stabilization. The court ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Landlord claimed...

Landlord Doesn't Prove Building Was Substantially Rehabbed

January 26, 2015    

Landlord claimed that its building was exempt from rent stabilization based on substantial rehabilitation. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Landlord pointed out that a renovation application had...

Tenant Moved Within Building at Landlord's Request

January 20, 2015    

Landlord of cooperatively owned apartment sued to evict tenant, who claimed that she was rent stabilized. The court ruled for tenant without a trial. Landlord appealed and lost. After the building was converted to a...

No High-Rent Vacancy Deregulation Where Work Didn't Qualify as IAIs

December 22, 2014    

Tenant asked the DHCR to determine his rent-regulated status. DHCR rent registration records listed the apartment as exempt from rent stabilization based on high-rent vacancy. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding...

Tenant in Building Under Receivership Is Rent Stabilized

December 22, 2014    

Tenant asked the DHCR for an administrative determination of his rent-regulated status and legal regulated rent. The building was currently in receivership and the receiver had sued to evict tenant in housing court...