NYS DHCR Office of Rent Administration, Overcharge R-PAR Orders (July 1 - Sept 29 2025, Part 1)

On PAR, the petitioner alleges that the RA's order misstates the
rental payments and the security deposit; that for the month of
February 2021 the order credits a payment of $1,485.12, but he actually
paid $890.00 after the parties agreed to a lower rent of $1,565.00 per
month; that the lower amount agreed upon reflected the owner refunding
the tenant $135.00 from his security deposit and $540.00 in rent (for
a 4 months of rental payment difference of $135.00 between $1,700.00
and $1,565.00); that this should leave only one month of a rental
payment of $1,700.00; that from October 2020 through January 2024 he
paid $1,565.00 per month; that the security deposit should also be
reduced to $1,565.00 for purposes of calculating any deposit overage;
that the $1,559.00 August 2021 and $1,550.00 May 2022 rental payments
reflected an agreement between the owner and tenant to credit the
tenant's purchase of hardware related to small repairs; and that for
the rental period of October 2020 through January 2024 rental payments
should be credited at $1,565.00 without any missed payments and the
security deposit should be reduced.

The petitioner also asserts that the default formula was applied
incorrectly; that the law requires that DHCR use the lowest rent
resulting from the application of the available formulas; that the
RA' s order use·s default method number three which does not take into
account the rents in comparable regulated apartments in the building
on the base date of which there were three options; that the Rent
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