Tenant asked the DHCR for a ruling on the rent-regulated status of her apartment. Tenant claimed that landlord had fraudulently deregulated the apartment. Landlord claimed that the apartment had been vacancy...
Tenants sued landlord in 2016, claiming improper deregulation and rent overcharge. Tenants also sought an injunction to stop landlord from engaging in claimed deceptive business practices in violation of General...
Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in 2018. The DRA ruled for landlord based on tenant's failure to answer the notice of the application and to...
Tenant asked the DHCR to rule on whether he was rent stabilized. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that the apartment was rent stabilized and that the legal rent was $400 per month. Landlord appealed and lost. The...
Tenant sued landlord after landlord refused to renew his lease, seeking a determination that he was rent stabilized and had been overcharged. The court ruled for tenant, and landlord appealed.
Landlord asked the DHCR to rule on whether its building was exempt from rent stabilization. Landlord claimed that the building was substantially rehabilitated after Jan. 1, 1974, by work done in 2015-2016. The DRA...
Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that tenant was unregulated. Tenant argued that he was rent stabilized and asked the court to dismiss the case. The court ruled against tenant, who appealed and won. Tenant had...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent, claiming that the apartment was unregulated. Tenant, in turn, claimed that he was rent stabilized and that there was a rent overcharge. The court denied landlord...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge, improper deregulation, and landlord's failure to offer him a rent-stabilized renewal lease. The DRA ruled for tenant on all counts and ordered landlord to refund $4,448 to...
Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling on whether its building contained fewer than six dwelling units. Landlord submitted a 1988 Certificate of Occupancy from DOB listing the building as having four apartments, a...
Tenant claimed that she was rent stabilized and asked the DHCR to make a ruling on the building's status. Landlord claimed that the building contained fewer than six apartments and therefore wasn't subject to...
Tenant asked the DHCR to decide if she was rent stabilized. Tenant claimed that the building currently contained seven units, that previously landlord combined two apartments to create one unit, and that two other...
