Case Type
Overcharge
Housing Type
Rent Stabilized
Court
Supreme Court of the State of New York
County
New York County (Manhattan)
L&T / Index / Case / Docket / Clerk's Number
452296/2016
Slip Opinion Number
2025 NY Slip Op 32214(U)
Petitioner
435 CENTRAL PARK WEST TENANT ASSOCIATION, YASUTO TAGA, LYDIA BAEZ, CESAR PENA, JORGE MARTINEZ, MARTHA ARIF, JOY HARRIS, AL TON SWIFT, JENNIE MORTON-GARCIA, MARTHA ADAMS, ALLADIN WALTERS, VICTORIA FRASIER, JOSE REGALADO, JUAN HUNTT, CHRISTINE BARROW, GEORGE PARKER, BJORG JEAN-PIERRE, MARIA CRUZ, HIRAM CHAPMAN
Respondent
PARK FRONT APARTMENTS, LLC
Judge
Rosado, Mary V.
Decision/Order Date
2025-06-20
Posture
Post-answer Motion by Landlord
Disposition
Motion Granted for Tenant
Winner
Tenant Substantially Won
Synopsis
The court denied the landlord's motion for partial summary judgment seeking to dismiss fraud claims in a rent overcharge case. The landlord argued the four-year lookback period could only be pierced for fraudulent schemes to deregulate, not merely overcharge. The court, citing recent Court of Appeals and First Department precedent interpreting a 2024 legislative amendment, held that the fraud exception applies to any "fraudulent scheme to evade the protections of the rent stabilization law," irrespective of whether the unit was deregulated.
Keywords
Fraudulent Scheme to Deregulate vs Fraudulent Scheme to Overcharge
Recommended Citation
"453 Cent. Park W. Tenant Assn. v. Park Front Apts., LLC" (2025). All Decisions. 1861.
https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/housing_court_all/1861
