Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
Administrative Code of City of New York § 26-516 (a) provides that in the case of a rent overcharge, the landlord will be liable to the tenant for a penalty equal to three times the amount of the overcharge unless the landlord establishes that the overcharge was not willful (see, Matter of Century Tower Assocs. v State of N. Y. Div. of Hous. & Community Renewal,
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