UNIT/BUILDING COVERED

Tenant Was Rent Stabilized Based on PHFL Moderate Rehab

March 24, 2014    

In 2011, landlord asked the DHCR to determine tenant's rent regulatory status. Tenant moved into the apartment on Aug. 25, 2002, under a one-year lease. She moved out on Aug. 31, 2005. Landlord claimed that...

Cost of Improvements Insufficient to Deregulate Apartment

March 24, 2014    

Tenant sued landlord for rent overcharge. She also claimed that she was entitled to a rent-stabilized lease. Tenant asked the court to rule in her favor without a trial. The court ruled against tenant, who appealed...

Building and Tenant Were Rent Stabilized

February 18, 2014    

Tenant asked the DHCR to determine whether she was rent stabilized. HPD records indicated that the building had five apartments. But tenant claimed that the three-story building contained at least seven apartments....

Co-Tenant Added After J-51 Benefits Expired Remains Rent Stabilized

February 17, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict tenant Orenstein after tenant's lease expired. Landlord claimed that the apartment wasn't subject to rent regulation. Tenant claimed that she was rent stabilized because the building...

Building Converted to Four Apartments Is Rent Stabilized

November 18, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that he was unregulated. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized and that he had been overcharged. The court ruled for tenant. In 1994, prior landlord had reduced the number...

Tenants in J-51 Building Can Pursue Class Action

November 15, 2013    

Former and current tenants sued landlord, claiming that landlord charged them excessive rents and removed more than half of the 1,000 apartments in the building complex from rent stabilization or rent control after...

Tenant's Apartment Is Part of Horizontal Multiple Dwelling

November 14, 2013    

Tenant asked the DHCR for a ruling on her rent regulatory status. Tenant claimed that her two-family building and the adjoining two-family buildings together were a horizontal multiple dwelling and therefore subject...

Transient SRO Tenant Not Notified of Right to Become Permanent Tenant

August 9, 2013    

Rent-stabilized SRO tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA found no overcharge, but ruled that the tenant had been transient but became a permanent tenant on Jan. 8, 2004. Because landlord didn't submit a...

Building Completed Before 1974 Subject to Rent Stabilization

August 6, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that he was unregulated. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized. The court ruled for tenant and dismissed the case. Landlord appealed and lost. The six-story building...

Tenant Who Switched Apartments Remains Rent Stabilized

July 15, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict when tenant's lease expired. Landlord claimed that tenant was unregulated. Tenant claimed that she was rent stabilized. The court ruled for tenant and dismissed the case. A tenant who...

Homeless Person Became Hotel-Stabilized Tenant

May 16, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict SRO hotel tenant. The court ruled for tenant and dismissed the case, finding that tenant was a permanent tenant subject to hotel stabilization under Rent Stabilization Code Section 2520.6(j)....

DOB Records Contradict Landlord's Claim

May 16, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant after sending a 30-day termination notice, claiming that tenant was unregulated. After starting the case, landlord asked the court for permission to amend its petition to...