RENEWAL LEASES

Tenant Claims Renewal Lease Improper Based on Inconsistencies with Rent Registrations

November 21, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for failing to renew a timely offered renewal lease. Tenant claimed that the renewal lease offered was improper because the registered rent history of the apartment...

Landlord Must Let Tenant Add Wife’s Name to Renewal Lease

October 28, 2016    

Rent-stabilized...

Landlord Can Evict Tenant Who Didn't Sign Renewal Lease

August 21, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for failure to sign a renewal lease. The court ruled for landlord and awarded landlord $49,000 in back rent owed. Tenant appealed and lost. All of tenant’s...

Landlord Not Required to List Frozen Rent on Renewal Lease Offer

May 23, 2016    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper lease renewal based on a rent reduction order that landlord didn’t comply with. The DRO ruled for tenant and found an overcharge of $2,945,...

Tenant Not Required to Complete LIHTC Rider for Renewal Lease

March 22, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for violating a substantial obligation of her lease. Landlord claimed that tenant failed to certify her income under the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. Tenant argued that...

Former Loft Tenant Must Be Given Rent-Stabilized Renewal Lease

February 17, 2016    

Loft tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and lease violation. The DRA found no overcharge but ordered landlord to offer tenant a renewal lease within 30 days. Tenant appealed, making claims about the...

Landlord Can Evict Tenant Who Refused to Sign Renewal Lease

February 16, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for failing to renew her expiring lease. The court ruled for landlord but gave tenant a right to cure and to sign the renewal lease. Tenant appealed and lost, but the...

Landlord Must Amend Untimely Renewal Lease

January 25, 2016    

Tenant complained that landlord offered untimely renewal leases. The DRA ruled for tenant in part, and directed landlord to amend the commencement date of tenant’s latest renewal lease to March 1, 2014, at 4...

Landlord Must Add Husband's Name to Tenant's Renewal Lease

November 23, 2015    

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. Landlord appealed and lost...

Court, Not DHCR, Should Determine If Tenant Entitled to Renewal Lease

August 24, 2015    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained that landlord refused to renew his lease. The DRA denied tenant’s complaint because a court was considering the same issues. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that the...

Landlord Seeks Deemed Renewal Increases for Tenant’s Parking Lease

June 22, 2015    

Landlord asked the DHCR to reset the legal rent for tenant’s parking space. Tenant paid $41 per month and had refused to sign renewal leases for the parking space with prior landlord since 1997. The DHCR ruled...

Landlord's Lease Renewal Offer Improperly Stated Base Rent

May 20, 2015    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained that landlord failed to offer her a proper renewal lease on the same terms and conditions as her prior lease. Tenant had relocated from one apartment in landlord's building to...