Case Type

Non-payment

Housing Type

Rent Stabilized

Court

Civil Court of the City of New York

County

Queens County (Queens)

L&T / Index / Case / Docket / Clerk's Number

L&T 318176-23

Slip Opinion Number

2025 NY Slip Op 32061(U)

Petitioner

37-07 147TH REALTY LLC

Respondent

GLORIA TIBAGUY, et al

Judge

Schiff, Logan J.

Decision/Order Date

2025-06-09

Posture

Post-answer Motion by Tenant

Disposition

Other

Winner

Other

Synopsis

The court granted reargument, allowing the tenant discovery on the legal regulated rent and defectiveness of the rent demand. However, it adhered to striking the pre-HSTPA rent overcharge counterclaim as time-barred. The court held that the 2023 DHCR amendment to RSC § 2526.7(a)(1), which sets an earliest base-date of June 14, 2015, cannot circumvent the appellate courts' interpretation of *Regina Metro. Co.*, which limits review of pre-HSTPA overcharge claims to a four-year look-back period absent a showing of common law regulatory fraud, which was not demonstrated here.

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