NYS DHCR Office of Rent Administration, Overcharge R-PAR Orders (July 1 - Sept 29 2025, Part 2)

The RA order states that the proceeding commenced on June 7, 2022 when the tenant of
this seven-room rent-controlled apartment filed a rent overcharge complaint alleging improper
calculation of the latest ma?<imum base rent (MBR), stating that the rent of $1,170.25 was
improper and that the rent should be $1,088.58 per month. The tenant also asserted that the
owner continues to send her monthly rent invoices containing arrears which were waived in a
court stipulation and unjustified attorney's fees. She attached copies of the landlord's
correspondence, the cou11 stipulation and a DHCR order under Docket No. WA4200 l 4AD. The
landlord answered that the tenant submitted only documents from 2009 to 2012; that the tenant
was given a printout of payments and bills; and submitted a rent ledger from August I, 2012 to
September 8, 2023. The RA found that order WA4200 l 4AD granted the tenant succession rights
and set the Maximum Collectible Rent (MCR) as $1,012.30 per month as of January l, 2008.
The RA further found that the MCR was $1,074.22 as of April 1, 2012 and $1,096.22 as of May
I, 2013; that the MBR was $1,733.92 as of May 1, 2013; that the tenant's rent ledger indicates
that both the rent charged and the balance ending on August 1, 2012 were $1,170.25; that her
overcharge complaint is granted; that the court stipulation of s~ttlement stated that there were no
arrears immediately after July 31, 2012; and that legal fees should be removed from the rent
bills.