A group of Crown Heights tenants are taking their landlord to court for allegedly illegally destabilizing their apartments and hiking the rent.
In 2010, 52 of the 53 units at 283-295 Albany Avenue were rent-stabilized, tax records show. As of early 2025, the building, which was constructed in 1941, had just 20 rent-stabilized apartments left.
Some tenants believe the landlord falsely told the state they had made major improvements to their units in order to raise rents above deregulation thresholds. In a class action lawsuit filed on Thursday, 13 residents demand that their landlord, 283 Albany Equities LLC, restore the legal rents and refund them significant rent overcharges…