Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
Pursuant to section 26-516 (a) of the Rent Stabilization Law of 1969 (Administrative Code of City of NY § 26-501 et seq.), "once the occurrence of a rent overcharge has been established, it becomes incumbent upon the landlord to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that the overcharge was not willful" (Matter of Obiora v New York State Div. of Hous. & Community Renewal,
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