Hi all,
I am in a nasty housing court situation with my LL and refuse to give up. I live in Midtown in a building that has over 200 units built in the 1950s. Most units are RS. I moved into my unit in December 2020 and although the unit is somewhat renovated it is far from being “nice.”
I knew my landlord was going to do some ridiculous hike in 2022 because he claimed the unit was market. I got the rent history twice from DHCR and the last recorded rent in 1986 was RS at $630.00 a month. After that there is no rent history.
I filed a rent overcharge complaint with DHCR and am in a holdover case in housing court. Landlord obviously is trying to evict me. DHCR finally wrote me a letter today saying that the unit was destabilized in 2015 and the case is closed despite my landlord providing no evidence and also claiming I live in a unit that doesn’t unit exist. I live in 7O (letter O) and they are saying I live in unit 0-7 (zero seven.)
I realize I can appeal the DHCR decision but they seem to be corrupt as hell. What are my chances realistically of winning this ? The judge is also nuts and wants us to go to trial so this isn’t exactly an ideal financial scenario to be in. But I Feel like I can’t let me LL win this because I know that the unit is definitely RS I don’t believe the DHCR. I just don’t know how to prove it or what my next step should be.