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ATTORNEY'S FEES:
DHCR Awards Attorney’s Fees to Tenant for Overcharge Proceeding
Categories: ATTORNEY'S FEES
BUILDING VIOLATIONS:
Landlord Complies with Court Order in Upstate HP Proceeding
Categories: BUILDING VIOLATIONS
EVICTION:
Homeowner Must Start Holdover Proceeding Against Ex-Domestic Partner Illegally Locked Out
Categories: EVICTION
HARASSMENT:
Landlord Must Pay $7,000 in Damages and Penalties for Harassing Tenant
Categories: HARASSMENT
HOUSING VIOLATIONS:
HPD Must Correct Apartment Violations Within 60 Days
Categories: HOUSING VIOLATIONS
LANDLORD'S NEGLIGENCE:
Was Landlord Responsible for Slip-and-Fall on Tenant’s Hallway Mat?
Categories: LANDLORD'S NEGLIGENCE
Was Landlord Responsible for Tenant’s Fall After Snowstorm?
Categories: LANDLORD'S NEGLIGENCE
MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS:
MCI Increase Permitted for Intercom Where No Increase Sought for Prior Installation
Categories: MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
PASSING ON APARTMENTS:
Successor Tenant Gets Renewal Lease Without Rent Increase
Categories: PASSING ON APARTMENTS
PROCEDURE-COURT:
Court Improperly Dismissed Eviction Case After Inquest
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
Landlord Can’t Get Judgment for Unpaid Use & Occupancy While Case Is Pending
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
Landlord Requesting Offset of Overcharge Refunds Didn’t Serve Tenants Properly
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
PROCEDURE-DHCR:
DHCR Properly Terminated Overcharge Case After Landlord Complied with TPU Audit Ruling
Categories: PROCEDURE-DHCR
DHCR Wouldn’t Reopen Overcharge Case After Landlord Complied with TPU Audit
Categories: PROCEDURE-DHCR
Tenant’s Renewal Lease Claim Would Be Decided in PAR of Overcharge Proceeding
Categories: PROCEDURE-DHCR
RENT OVERCHARGE:
DHCR Directs Landlord to Remove Legal Fees Listed in Tenant Ledger
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
DHCR Grants Triple Damages on Overcharge Finding After Tenant Appeals
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Kingston Rent Overcharge Found Willful and Subject to Triple Damages
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Kingston Rent Overcharge Subject to Triple Damages
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Landlord Proves Apartment Was Vacancy Deregulated Prior to Tenant’s Occupancy
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Landlord’s Acceptance of Overpayment from Tenant Constituted Rent Overcharge
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
No Fraudulent Scheme to Deregulate Apartment Found by DHCR
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Overcharge Finding Resulted from Landlord’s Failure to Submit Rent History Records
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Overcharge Resulted from Outstanding Rent Reduction Order That Froze Rent
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Rent Frozen Based on Owner’s Failure to Register Apartment
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Rent-Controlled Tenant Must Go to Court to Collect Determined Rent Overcharges
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Tenant Gets Triple Damages on Portion of Overcharge Refundable to ERAP
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Tenants’ Overcharge Claim Already Decided in Housing Court Settlement
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE:
Building Subject to Section 8 Moderate Rehab Program Was Rent-Stabilized
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
DHCR Finds No Fraudulent Scheme to Deregulate
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
Long-Pending Luxury Deregulation Application Was Properly Denied Under HSTPA
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
Newly Created Apartment Qualified for Vacancy Deregulation in 2018
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
Shareholder Tenants’ Lawsuit to Prevent Reversion to Rent Stabilization Was Premature
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
SUBLETTING:
Landlord Can’t Sue to Enforce Local Law 18 Against Airbnb
Categories: SUBLETTING
TAXATION:
Court Upholds HPD’s Denial of RPTL Section 421-a Tax Benefits
Categories: TAXATION
WARRANTY OF HABITABILITY:
Tenant Who Didn’t Live in Apartment Can’t Claim Breach of Warranty of Habitability
Categories: WARRANTY OF HABITABILITY
Tenants Who Didn’t Live in Apartment Can’t Claim Breach of Warranty of Habitability
Categories: WARRANTY OF HABITABILITY
