This is an enforcement action brought by plaintiff tenants to collect a State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) FMRA award entitling them to recover some $37,480 in excessive rent paid by them to their former landlord between 1985 and 1993. The motion court correctly observed that a current successor landlord is generally liable for overcharges collected by a predecessor landlord after April 1, 1984 (see, Matter of Gaines v New York State Div. of Hous. ...
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