Luxury Decontrol — Rent Regulations in NYC

Tenants' Rights Attorney

In luxury decontrol, the landlord of a rent stabilized apartment has an opportunity to deregulate the apartment under certain conditions. By changing from rent stabilized to market rent, the landlord has the opportunity to significantly increase profits.

At Silberman Law Firm, we help tenants whose landlords are trying to remove their apartments from rent control. We advise clients to do one thing:

Fight Back! We're on Your Side.

Contact us or call 212-219-2100 to speak to a tenants' rights attorney.

Qualifying Conditions for Luxury Decontrol

A rent stabilized apartment can be deregulated if the following criteria are met:

• The current rent for the apartment is over $2,000
• The combined annual income of the tenants residing in the apartment is $175,000 or more for the past two years

Luxury Decontrol — Not an Easy Process for Landlords

If the landlord has any reason to believe that the tenant's income is at least $175,000, the landlord can commence a proceeding in court. However, the process of luxury decontrol is anything but easy. It begins with various administrative stages. The landlord must be able to prove that the tenants' income is at least $175k. Additionally, the landlord must go through many steps to proceed with decontrol.

The complexities of the process can benefit the tenant who faces luxury decontrol. Attorney Martin Silberman is knowledgeable in the occupancy laws and protections available to tenants facing decontrol. He uses this knowledge to help clients maintain their rent stabilized status.

How We Can Help

At Silberman Law Firm, we help clients stay in their apartments and fight back against luxury decontrol. In a typical case, we consider:

• How was the case served?
• Did the landlord properly take steps towards luxury decontrol?
• Was pretrial discovery involved? How did the landlord obtain this information?

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Give us a brief description of your case (by phone or e-mail), and we'll get back to you within one business day. We can explain the various laws that affect you as a tenant under the Division of Housing and Community Renewal. At Silberman Law Firm, if you need a lawyer, you will talk with a lawyer — not an assistant.

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