May 2025
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Rent Reduction Order States It Wouldn't Apply If Apartment Wasn't Rent Stabilized
DHCR Ruled Differently on Elevator Service Reduction Issue in Two Cases
DHCR Denies Landlord's Reasonable Cost Waiver Request for Electrical Rewiring
No MCI Increase Granted Where Prior Rent Reduction Order Was Only Partially Restored
MCI Increase Revoked Based on Landlord's Concealment of Relationship with Contractor
Commercial Loft Units Converted to Apartments at High Rent Weren't Rent Stabilized
No Overcharge Resulted from Minor IAI Error
No Fraudulent Scheme to Deregulate Found in Connection with 63% Rent Hike
Landlord Can't Charge Rent-Stabilized Tenant for Water Usage
Rent Overcharge Complaint Mistakenly Dismissed Where Landlord Filed No Answer
Tenant Was Overcharged After Sub Rehab Exemption Application Was Denied
Partial Refund Is Calculated by DHCR After Adding Triple Damages to Total Overcharge
Landlord Failed to Submit Proof of Renewal Lease to Rent Administrator
Rent Administrator Miscalculated Tenant Rent Arrears in Overcharge Calculation
Landlord Didn't Preserve Any Preferential Rent in Base Date Lease
DHCR Has No Authority to Rule on Tenant's Security Deposit Dispute with Landlord
Triple Damages Imposed for Landlord's Improper Collection of Legal Fees
Legal Regulated Rent Was Less Than "Preferential" Rent Charged
Gas Piping Work Not Included in DHCR Reasonable Cost Schedule Ineligible for MCI Increase
Proof of IAIs Insufficient to Deregulate Rent-Stabilized Apartment
Landlord Doesn't Prove That Tenant Violated Stipulation
Successor Tenant Can Bring Case He Won Back to Court Years Later to Pursue Attorneys' Fees
Trial Needed to Determine If Tenants' Child Was Injured by Lead Paint Exposure
Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Directing Tenants to Remove Three Pit Bulls
Tenant's Lower Rent, Based on Providing Maintenance Services, Wasn't a Preferential Rent
Landlord Must Prove Intent to Withdraw Apartment from Rental Market
Co-op Shareholder Tenant Sues Over Landlord's Claim That Her Dog Creates Nuisance
Occupant Can't Get Mitchell-Lama Apartment After Tenant Vacated
Current Landlord Responsible for Refund of Rent Overcharge by Prior Landlord
DHCR, AG Get Preliminary Injunction Against Collection of Excessive Brokerage Fees from Tenants
Appeals Court Reinstates Tenants' Claim That Apartments Were Fraudulently Deregulated
Were Rent Concessions in 421-a Building Part of a Scheme to Inflate Initial Rents?
Landlord Improperly Deregulated Apartment While Building Received J-51 Tax Benefits
Tenants' Claims of Fraudulent Deregulation Subject to Law as Amended in 2023
Rent Fraud Exception to Base Date Review Applied Only to Post-Roberts Deregulations
Landlord Fraudulently Deregulated Apartment While Getting J-51 Tax Benefits
Tenants Present Insufficient Documents for Court to Find Fraudulent Scheme to Deregulate
Rent Overcharge Found for Some Rent Concessions Granted in 421-Buildings
Evicted Rent-Stabilized Tenant Restored to Possession Where DSS Would Pay Back Rent
Tenants Didn't Prove Washer/Dryer Were Needed in Apartment to Accommodate Son's Disability
Landlord Can't Remove Building Services Until DHCR Approval Is Obtained
No Second Handrail Required on Exterior Stairway
Court Improperly Lifted ERAP Stay to Rule for Eviction in Nonpayment Case
May 2025 Insights
