Jenkins v. Fieldbridge Associates LLC

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

Judgment reversed without costs and matter remanded for a recalculation of the amount of the award in accordance with the following decision.

This overcharge action, commenced in March 2002, is predicated on an order of the Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) dated November 10, 1994. The order reduced the rent “to the level in effect prior to the most recent guidelines increase for the tenant’s lease which commenced” before the June 1,1993 effective date of the order and prohibited defendant from collecting an increase until a rent restoration order…