Legal Opinion
Grimm v. State of New York Division of Housing & Community Renewal Office of Rent Administration
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 24, 2009PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Acosta, J.
In this appeal we are asked to consider the obligation of respondent Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) when a rent overcharge complainant makes a colorable argument that there are genuine issues that an owner committed fraud by charging an illegal rent, even if more than four years passed before the complaint was filed.
The basic facts are undisputed. The rent-stabilized apartment at issue was registered with DHCR in 1999 at a monthly rent of $578.96. The following year, instead of using the required rent-setting formula to determine the rent that…
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