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Hello,

I recently discovered that when I began my lease in 2007, that the landlord had raised the rent more than $800 from the previous tenant (who vacated approx 3 months before I took the apartment). After reading up on the law, and carefully inspecting my apartment, I do NOT believe that my landlord made the capital improvements to justify such an increase. My apartment is rent stabilized. THE DHCR mailed me copy of the rent roll, which is how I came to discover the previous tenant’s rent.

Has anyone been through this process before? All advice welcome.

I believe that the best course of action may well be taking the landlord to civil or supreme court.