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THE HOUSING STABILITY AND TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF 2019 (HSTPA) DOES NOT APPLY RETROACTIVELY TO RENT OVERCHARGE ACTIONS UNDER THE RENT STABILIZATION LAW (RSL) COMMENCED BEFORE THE COURT OF APPEALS RULING IN ROBERTS (CT APP).

The Court of Appeals, in a per curiam opinion, over a three-judge dissent, determined the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (HSTPA) did not apply retroactively to extend the look back period for rent overcharge actions from four to six years, and did not alter the overcharge calculation methodology for pre-Roberts actions. The opinion and the dissent are too comprehensive and detailed to fairly summarize here:

… [T]hese four appeals … present a common issue under the Rent Stabilization Law (RSL): what is the proper method for calculating the recoverable rent overcharge for New York City apartments that were improperly removed from rent stabilization during receipt of J-51 benefits prior to our 2009 decision in Roberts v Tishman Speyer Props., L.P. (13 NY3d 270 [2009]). …

… [T]he HSTPA includes amendments that, among other things, extend the statute of limitations [and] alter the method for determining legal regulated rent for overcharge purposes and substantially expand the nature and scope of owner liability in rent overcharge cases … . The tenants in these cases urge us to apply the new overcharge calculation provisions to these appeals that were pending at the time of the HSTPA’s enactment, some of which seek recovery of overcharges incurred more than a decade before the new legislation. * * *

We … decline to create a new exception to the lookback rule and instead clarify that, under pre-HSTPA law, the four-year lookback rule and standard method of calculating legal regulated rent govern in Roberts overcharge cases, absent fraud. * * *

We conclude that the overcharge calculation amendments [enacted by the HSTPA] cannot be applied retroactively to overcharges that occurred prior to their enactment. Matter of Regina Metro. Co., LLC v New York State Div. of Hous. & Community Renewal, 2020 NY Slip Op 02127, CtApp 4-2-20

 

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