UNIT/BUILDING NOT COVERED

Buildings with Separate Systems Aren't Horizontal Multiple Dwelling

October 17, 2014    

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...

HDFC Co-op Apartment Exempt from Rent Stabilization

August 13, 2014    

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...

Post-Conversion Co-op Subtenant Not Subject to Rent Stabilization

July 14, 2014    

Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized and asked the DHCR to determine his status. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that he was unregulated. Tenant appealed and lost. DHCR rent registration records were...

Current Tenant of Co-op Purchased in 1990 Is Unregulated

May 16, 2014    

Tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to give her a rent-stabilized renewal lease. The DRA ruled against tenant and found that she was unregulated. Tenant appealed and lost. She claimed that the person...

Tenant in PHFL Co-op Not Subject to Rent Stabilization

April 15, 2014    

(Decision submitted by David B. Cabrera of the Manhattan law firm of Borah, Goldstein...

Apartment Was Deregulated by High-Rent Vacancy

December 17, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Prior long-term rent-stabilized tenant moved out in 2007. Landlord then...

Tenant Not Rent Stabilized Due to High-Rent Vacancy Deregulation

December 12, 2013    

Tenant asked the DHCR to rule on her rent-regulation status. Tenant claimed that she was rent stabilized. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Tenant moved into the apartment on Dec. 17, 2005, under a...

Tenant Not Subject to Rent Stabilization

October 8, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord, awarding landlord possession and rent totalling $13,800. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that he was rent...

Apartment Was Deregulated by High-Rent Vacancy in 2004

August 8, 2013    

In response to tenant's application for a ruling on his status, the DRA ruled that tenant wasn't subject to rent stabilization. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that there were no registration...

Tenant Moved into Rehabbed Building After J-51 Expired

August 8, 2013    

Tenant complained that landlord refused to give him a renewal lease. Landlord claimed that the building was no longer rent stabilized and no renewal lease was required for tenant. The DRA ruled for tenant. Landlord...

Mitchell-Lama Building Not Subject to Rent Stabilization

December 12, 2012    

Tenant complained to the DHCR of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent. Landlord appealed and won. Landlord correctly argued that the building was a Mitchell-Lama...

Landlord Can Evict Temporary Residents of "Sober House"

November 15, 2012    

Landlord sued to evict occupants of some of the SRO units in a Class B hotel that landlord had leased to a nonprofit counseling center for use as a "sober house." The occupants had signed "temporary...