Farran v. New York State Division of Housing & Community Renewal

The petitioner owned a building in Brooklyn which was subject to the Rent Stabilization Law (see, Administrative Code of City of New York § 26-504). On March 17, 1984, two tenants who resided in one of the petitioner’s apartments filed a complaint with the New York City Conciliation and Appeals Board alleging a rent overcharge. On April 1, 1984, the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (hereinafter the DHCR) assumed the responsibility of determining the rent overcharge complaint. The petitioner advised *758the DHCR that, in 1982, while the apartment was vacant, he installed a…