Hi, hope I’m posting this in the right place.
I just got my DCHR apartment history and in 2005 my apartment was de stabilized. It lists the last actual rent as $1600 and the last regulated rent as $1730.21. Then it was vacant for a few months and the de stabilized for the next tenant (my old roommate), she paid from what I can tell $2050 in 2005. I’ve been a lease holder since March 2022, I paid $2,600 for the first year and I pay now for a 2 year lease $2,900 (great for a NY apartment I know) but I am just wondering if it was de stabilized illegally because if you take the actual $1600 rent and add 20% vacancy it is less than $2000 and I know no major renovations happened. I’ve searched for permits and can’t find any online and the apartment is very old and outdated, even the carpet is pre 90’s when they bought the building (and the landlord refuses to change or remove it). I also can’t find any J-51 tax abatement but I do see that the 16 unit apartment building still has 3 Rent stabilized units and they get some SCRIE Rent stabilization abatement.
Just wondering if I have a case for re stabilizing the apartment and if there’s any good attorneys I could talk to.