My landlord took me to L&T court
seeking a rental increase while I had already
filed an Overcharge Complaint with DHCR
challenging that increase as an illegal overcharge.
The DHCR case was pending at the time of the L&T trial.
We reached a stipulation in L&T court that reads as so.
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“Case settled as follows:
Tenant agrees to pay $xxx.xx without prejudice to the rights
of either party until DHCR (docket number xx-xx-xx)
makes a determination as to correct rental.”
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I am understanding that in plain English,
this would translate as so.
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“Case settled as follows:
Tenant agrees to pay $xxx.xx,
which has not been determined by L&T Court
to be correct or incorrect,
until DHCR (docket number xx-xx-xx)
makes a determination as to the
correct Legal Rent for that apartment.”
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Is my interpretation correct or am I missing something here?