RENEWAL LEASES

Retroactive Renewal Lease Offer to Martin Act Tenant Was Invalid

December 20, 2024    

Landlord, a cooperative sponsor and proprietary lessee, sued to evict the tenant of its sponsor-owned co-op apartment, claiming that the unit was subject to the Martin Act but not to rent stabilization and that...

DHCR Should've Directed Renewal Lease Offer at Guidelines in Effect When Lease Should've Been Offered

October 26, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming that landlord offered tenant a renewal lease dated Jan. 11, 2021, that didn't include tenant's wife's name and failed to...

Landlord Offered Renewal Lease Under Proper Rent Guidelines

October 13, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained in 2023 that landlord failed to offer him a renewal lease. Landlord claimed that it had offered tenant timely renewal leases in September 2023 and March 2024. The DRA ruled for...

Landlord Must Renew Lease After Tenant Complies with Court Stipulation

October 13, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to renew her lease when her lease expired on Nov. 30, 2020. Landlord claimed that it had sent tenant a timely termination notice based on illegally...

Tenant's Lease Violation Complaint Dismissed Because He Hadn't Signed Renewal Lease

September 23, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR in February 2023. Tenant claimed that he had lived in the unit since 1984 and that the last renewal lease landlord provided expired on Sept. 30,...

Landlord Must Offer Complaining Tenant a Renewal Lease Unless He Had Moved Out

September 22, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR. He claimed that landlord refused to provide a timely renewal lease offer. Landlord didn't answer the complaint. The DRA ruled for tenant and...

Tenant Can Commence Noncompliance Proceeding If Landlord Doesn't Follow Court Order

August 26, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming that landlord failed to provide a fully executed copy of a renewal lease after tenant signed it. In response, landlord submitted a copy...

Landlord's Failure to Date His Signature on Lease Didn't Invalidate the Renewal

August 26, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming that landlord failed to give her a fully executed copy of a renewal lease that she had signed. She claimed that she hand-delivered the...

Letter of Intent Signed Between Landlord and Tenant Was in Effect a Renewal Lease

July 26, 2024    

Landlord sued to evict a month-to-month tenant. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case. He claimed that he had a renewal lease agreement and wasn't a month-to-month tenant.  Tenant submitted a fully...

Landlord Can't Justify Not Fully Executing Tenant's Renewal Lease in 2019

June 24, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming in 2021 that landlord hadn't renewed her lease since 2019. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to offer tenant a renewal...

DHCR Sets Rents at Levels Above Those Collected from Prior Landlord's Family

May 23, 2024    

Landlord sought a court ruling on the rent-regulatory status of four tenants in a six-apartment building it had purchased in 2012. The court referred the matter to the DHCR for a ruling on the lease validity, legal...

Landlord Properly Signed Tenant's Rent-Stabilized Renewal Lease

April 25, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming that landlord refused to offer her a renewal lease on the same terms and conditions as the lease expiring on March 31, 2022; that...