Hi there,
I am currently investigating whether my apartment is rent stabilized or not.
Please see the rental history from DHCR below:
1984-1986: Rent Controlled
1987-1993: Rent Stabilized
1994: Rent Stabilized - Vacancy
1995-2011: Rent Stabilized (Legal rent: $1566.20; Preferential rent: $1250)
2012 - 2021: *REG NOT FOUND FOR SUBJECT PREMISES*
Below are the most recent jobs:
2012: MECHANICAL & PLUMBING MODIFICATIONS AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE
2012: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION MODIFICATIONS AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE
2001: POST APPROVAL AMENDMENT FOR 01
Other items that may be relevant:
My lease was signed in May 2021, and is up end of April 2022. I pay $1750, and my lease states that I acknowledge that I am not in a rent stabilized apartment (but I know that does not necessarily mean that is true).
Streeteasy rental history (which may be inaccurate) shows that in 2014 the apartment was listed for $2595, and in 2016 was rented for $2495.
Many of my neighbors have just moved in in the past few months; I am not sure which neighbors have been living here for a long time.
With this information, is it correct to assume that those jobs in 2012 did not improve the apartment to be legally deregulated (appliances are not old)? Would my next course of action be to contact a tenant lawyer? With only about 3 months before my lease is up and the housing courts being backed up, is this even worth taking to housing court?
Thanks for all of your help.