Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized and that the city’s Department of Finance had denied his SCRIE benefit application based on a finding that his apartment wasn't subject to rent regulation. The DRA...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant. On the Jan. 13, 2008, base rent date, the legal regulated rent for the apartment was $2,000 per month. So when tenant moved into the apartment in...
Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in 2012. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that the building was receiving J-51 benefits at that time and...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant after tenant's lease expired. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that she and landlord had verbally agreed to extend her lease for...
Landlord applied in 2005 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenants' rent-stabilized apartment. Tenants admitted that their household income exceeded the deregulation threshold for both 2003 and 2004. The...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. The building was owned by a cooperative corporation, and the apartment was owned by a shareholder-proprietary lessee. Tenant...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that tenant wasn't rent stabilized. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that tenant's building was part of a horizontal multiple dwelling containing at...
Tenant asked the DHCR to determine his rent regulatory status. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that he was rent stabilized. Landlord appealed and won. The building was owned by a cooperative housing development...
