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

On PAR, the tenant requests that further action be taken to have the owner discontinue
placing incorrect arrears arid attorney fees on the monthly rent statements. The tenant asserts
that she has been approved for SCRIE and that her monthly rent payment is $1,170.25. She
asserts that her monthly MCR is $ 1,096.22 and that the owner has to refund rent overcharges.
 PAR Docket No. NP420013RT

The PAR is denied.

The tenant has not cited.to any error of fact or law committed by the RA in rendering his
decision and has not stated any legal basis to modify or revoke the RA order which granted her
rent overcharge complaint.

The RA set the MCR as $1,096.22 as of May 1, 2013 with no change to the present date.
To the extent that the tenant has been paying $1,170.25 or any amount over $1,096.22 since May
1, 2013, the tenant may seek enforcement of overcharges in a court of competent jurisdiction.
DHCR does not award overcharges in rent control proceedings.

In terms of the billing for arrears and attorney fees, the tenant my file an order to show
cause in Court for violation of the stipulation because the Court stated that it retains jurisdiction
for any violations of the stipulation. •

THEREFORE, in accordance with the provisions of the New York City Rent and
Rehabilitation Law and the regulations promulgated thereunder, it is

ORDERED, that the petition for administrative review is denied, and that the Rent
Administrator's order is affirmed.

ISSUED:
SEP O4 2025

ANTH01'1ATANO
Deputy Commissioner

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