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

Here, the tenant's complaint was filed on February 14, 2022, invoking a six-year review
period under the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA) of June 14, 2019. The
base date thus was February 14, 2016 and the base date LRR was $1,038.71 per month as per a
renewal lease with a prior tenant and a contemporaneous rent registration. On February 1,2019;
a tenant prior to the petitioner moved-in on a one-year lease expiring on January 31, 2020 at a
rent of$3,000.00 per month. The owner was entitled to a statutory vacancy allowance of 19%
plus a statutory longevity increase of 6.6% on the base date rent of $1,038.71. The owner also
proved the cost of$73,875.00 in IA!s which netted a rent increase equal to 1140th of this amount
or an additional $1,846.88 monthly. The vacancy, longevity and IA! rent increases raised the
LRR to $3,151.50 per month which was over the then in effect deregulation threshold thereby
legally deregulated the apartment before the passage of HSTPA and before the petitioner took
occupancy two years later.