Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the monthly legal rent of $2,895 paid in 2014 by prior tenant exceeded the threshold for...
Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that tenant's apartment was exempt from rent stabilization due to high-rent vacancy. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized. The court ruled against tenant, who...
(Decision submitted by Elizabeth A. Lentini of the Manhattan law firm of Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C., attorneys for the landlord.)
Landlord sued to evict tenant. Tenant asked the housing court to dismiss the case, claiming that the apartment had been improperly deregulated. The housing court ruled for tenant. Landlord appealed, and the Appellate...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. Tenant moved into the unit in August 2014 at an unregulated rent of $2,500 per month. The apartment had last been registered in 2012 as...
Tenant complained in 2015 of rent overcharge and improper apartment deregulation. He also claimed rent fraud by landlord. Tenant paid an unregulated rent of $4,795 when he moved into the apartment in May 2012. The...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of a reduction in services at her apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord then filed an Article 78 court appeal and argued that the apartment wasn't...
Tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to offer him a rent-stabilized lease. Tenant had moved into the apartment in 1992 and never had a lease. His occupancy was conditioned on his employment with the...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant, finding that the apartment was high-rent vacancy-deregulated in 2000. Tenant appealed, based on a number...
Tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord failed to offer her a renewal lease on the same terms and conditions as her expiring lease, and had taken away a utility credit that was part of her original lease term....
Tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of her apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding the legal rent to be $1,750 per month. Landlord appealed and argued that prior tenant paid $2,188....
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant in 2018 and ordered landlord to refund $6,150, including triple damages. Landlord appealed, and the DHCR sent the case back to the DRA in...
