RENEWAL LEASES

Tenant in Co-op Building Can Cure Failure to Renew Lease

December 7, 2014    

Landlord, the proprietary lessee and shareholder of a cooperative apartment, sued to evict tenant for refusing to sign an offered renewal lease. The court granted tenant's request to dismiss the case. Landlord...

Landlord Can't Charge More Than Preferential Rent

October 22, 2014    

Tenant complained that landlord didn't renew his rent-stabilized lease on the same terms and conditions as his expiring lease. The DRA ruled for tenant. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord operated the building...

Tenant Who Didn't Renew Lease Can Vacate Stipulation to Move Out

September 26, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for failure to sign a renewal lease. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court by which tenant agreed to move out by June 30, 2012. In return, landlord...

Tenant Failed to Renew Rent-Stabilized Lease

September 21, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for failing to renew her lease. The court ruled for landlord but permanently stayed issuance of an eviction warrant on the condition that tenant pay use and occupancy at...

Tenant Claims Rent-Stabilized Renewal Lease Not Properly Offered

August 14, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for failing to sign her rent-stabilized renewal lease. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court in May 2012. Tenant agreed to move out by June 30, 2012...

Landlord Can't Deem Renewal Lease Under Amended Rent Stabilization Code

July 14, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DHCR ruled against tenant, who filed an Article 78 court appeal. The court sent the case back to the DHCR for reconsideration. The DHCR then ruled for tenant...

Landlord Must Add Tenant's Husband to Lease

July 14, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained that landlord refused to add her husband's name to her renewal lease. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to add the husband's name to the renewal lease that was...

Tenant Refused to Certify Income for Federal Tax Credit Program

May 13, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for failing to certify her household income after landlord started receiving federal low-income housing tax credits (LIHTC). Landlord claimed that tenant's refusal to...

Landlord Sent Renewal Lease Before Nonrenewal Notice

April 16, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case. Before landlord sent tenant the notice of lease nonrenewal and termination, it had mailed to tenant...

Late-Offered Renewal Lease Must Start at Later Date

March 24, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant, so that she could recover the apartment for use by a family member. Tenant claimed that landlord's 2011 lease nonrenewal offer was untimely and that, as a result,...

Landlord Must Send Amended Renewal Lease

January 15, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained that landlord failed to offer him an amended two-year renewal leases for the periods starting on Oct. 1, 2009, and Oct. 1, 2011, required to conform with a prior DHCR order...