Rent-stabilized tenant complained that landlord refused to add the name of tenant's spouse to his lease. Tenant submitted a copy of his 2007 marriage certificate. Landlord objected, saying that a family member...
Rent-stabilized tenant, who moved into her apartment in 2010, complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. She also claimed that landlord offered no renewal lease in 2017 and also failed at that point to continue...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. Tenant in turn asked the court to dismiss the case and to order landlord to issue a renewal lease. Landlord claimed that Harlem United was a...
Tenant moved into an apartment in 2004 under a legally deregulated lease. But in 2005, the building received J-51 tax benefits. While landlord continued to treat tenant's unit as deregulated, this was incorrect...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for failing to sign a proper and timely offered renewal lease. Tenant claimed that she refused to sign the renewal lease because it wasn't offered on the same terms...
Tenant sued landlord for negligence, claiming that she slipped and fell on her apartment building stairway. Tenant said there was a repeated and long-standing hazardous debris condition, including chicken bones,...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained that landlord sent an improper renewal lease offer. The DRA ruled for tenant in part, finding that: (a) landlord had to amend the renewal lease offer to include the specific term of...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to renew his lease. The DRA ruled against tenant because landlord claimed that the apartment wasn't tenant's primary residence and, for this...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge and an improper renewal lease offer. She claimed that she was a friend of the prior landlord and was also the building super who had paid a preferential rent. The...
Tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord failed to offer him a legal lease ever since his apartment became rent stabilized in 2007. He also claimed that rent registrations for his unit were fraudulent. The DRA...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR when landlord refused to add the name of her son-in-law to her renewal lease as a co-tenant. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Tenant argued that her...
Tenant complained to the DHCR, claiming that landlord had offered her an improper rent-stabilized renewal lease. In 2011, she moved into the apartment with a monthly preferential rent of $1,250. In November 2016 her...
