Tenant Can Videotape Landlord's Apartment Repair Work

January 18, 2017

LVT Number: #27435

Tenant brought an HP proceeding against landlord in housing court to obtain apartment repairs, including abatement of a bathroom mold condition. The court ordered landlord to make repairs but denied tenant’s request to videotape landlord’s employees while they completed the work. Tenant appealed and won. Absent any proof that tenant’s video surveillance system within the apartment interfered with landlord’s attempts to make required repairs, tenant shouldn’t be barred from filming repair work conducted within the apartment. 

 

 

Tenant brought an HP proceeding against landlord in housing court to obtain apartment repairs, including abatement of a bathroom mold condition. The court ordered landlord to make repairs but denied tenant’s request to videotape landlord’s employees while they completed the work. Tenant appealed and won. Absent any proof that tenant’s video surveillance system within the apartment interfered with landlord’s attempts to make required repairs, tenant shouldn’t be barred from filming repair work conducted within the apartment. 

 

 

 

 

Richardson v. NYCHA--Gompers Houses: 2016 NY Slip Op 26441, 2016 WL 7471962 (App. T. 1 Dept.; 12/28/16; Schoenfeld, JP, Ling-Cohan, J)

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