HPD directed inclusion of 10 buildings owned by landlord in the Heat Sensor program, which was created under Local Law 18 of 2020 and which required selected landlords to install internet-capable heat sensors to...
Landlord of a Hempstead building applied to the DHCR in 2022 for approval of a proposed building services modification based on removal of an oil boiler that provided steam heat as well as removal of tenant supplied...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR in January 2023 that landlord failed to provide hot water service to the building. The DRA ruled against tenant and dismissed the case after HPD records revealed no...
Tenant sued landlord NYCHA in federal court, claiming that NYCHA deprived her of adequate heat and hot water, and may have sent an employee into her apartment when she wasn't home and without her consent....
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR on Feb. 25, 2022, of a reduction in services based on a lack of hot water. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent. Landlord appealed and won. Landlord showed that...
HPD sued landlord, seeking an order to correct violations and assessment of civil penalties. In December 2021, a Consent Order was issued directing landlord to provide hot water at the building. The Consent Order...
HPD sued landlord after issuing violations for lack of hot water at a building. Landlord didn't restore the hot water and didn't want to settle the civil penalties imposed. HPD then sought an order to correct...
HPD sued landlord, seeking a court order directing landlord to correct three "C" violations HPD had issued at the building based on a lack of hot water, as well as civil penalties in the amount of $244,500...
HPD sued landlord, sought civil penalties and an order to maintain the building's heating system. HPD inspection had found inadequate heat. Landlord claimed that it had corrected heat violations issued by HPD,...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained that he had no heat. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Tenant argued that he had no apartment heat for the month of October 2019 while the temperature was, at...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services based on inadequate heat and hot water. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced his rent. The DRA later granted landlord's application for rent...
HPD sued landlord after placing violations for inadequate heat and/or hot water on landlord's building. HPD claimed that the violations were issued on Dec. 17 and Dec. 24, 2019, and sought fines ranging from $250...
