Landlord-Tenant—Owners Rent Overcharge Entitles Tenants to Treble Damages—General Business Law §349 Claims Dismissed

A court granted defendants partial summary judgment to the extent that the complaint sought to have the court consider a 1993 Rent Reduction Order (1993 RRO) and dismissed the plaintiffs’ cause of action for violation of General Business Law (GBL) §349. The plaintiffs cross-moved for an order granting partial summary judgment, awarding rent overcharges and treble damages under the Rent Stabilization Law (RSL) §26-516.