August 2024
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Successor Tenant Entitled to Overcharges Only Since Date His Lease Commenced
No Overcharge Owed to Tenant Whose Rent Arrears Exceeded Any Refund Due
Proof of IAIs for Bathroom Replacement Proved No Rent Overcharge
Tenant's Building Was Part of Horizontal Multiple Dwelling
Building Converted from 6 to 5 Apartments After 1974 Remained Rent Stabilized
Tenant Who Transferred Apartments at Landlord's Request Was Entitled to Rent-Stabilized Lease
Landlord Not Required to Maintain IAI Records for More Than Four Years for 2017 Overcharge Claim
Tenant Didn't Prove Landlord Waived Appliance Surcharges
Landlord Proved Apartment Was High-Rent Vacancy Deregulated Before 2019
Legal Rent Set at Amount of Preferential Rent Where Higher Rent Not Preserved in Records
DHCR Won't Consider Lease Records Submitted for the First Time with Tenant's PAR
Maximum Collectible Rent Set by DHCR Can't Be Waived
Landlord's Failure to Date His Signature on Lease Didn't Invalidate the Renewal
Triple Damages Properly Assessed in Pre-HSTPA Overcharge Proceeding
Tenant Can Commence Noncompliance Proceeding If Landlord Doesn't Follow Court Order
Hudson Valley Owners Group Can Appeal Kingston's ETPA Adoption to NY's Highest Court
Court Rejects Prior Standard Used to Determine Apartment Deregulation Fraud
Landlord Suing Condo Tenant Can Seek Indemnification from Condo Board
Tenant Gets 100% Rent Abatement for Period Apartment Was Uninhabitable After Fire
Some of Tenant's Rent Arrears Severed from Judgment of Possession under TSHA Program
Tenants Claim Landlord Breached Leases by Restricting Swimming Pool Amenity
Unnamed Occupant Discovered at Premises When Eviction Was Scheduled
Is Landlord Responsible for Tenant's Slip-and-Fall on Building Staircase?
Are Homeowners Responsible for Dog-Sitter's Injuries During Snowstorm?
Tenant's Son Gets Rent-Stabilized Apartment
Landlord Fails to Prove Nonprimary Residence by Mitchell-Lama Tenant
Guarantor Claims Overcharge by Tenant After Tenant Sues Guarantor for Subtenant's Unpaid Rent
Court Permits Discovery of Rent Records Back to 2006
Tenant Claims Landlord Should Have Installed Smoke Detector in His Bedroom
Landlord Not Responsible for Stopping Dispute Among Co-Tenant Family Members
Nuisance and Lease Violation Claims Against Rent-Stabilized Tenant Dismissed
Acceptance of Rent Claimed in Nonpayment Petition Required Dismissal of Case
Tenant's Brother Gets Project-Based Section 8 Apartment After Tenant Dies
Landlord Failed to Serve VAWA Notice
Is Landlord Responsible for Ceiling Collapse that Injured Tenant?
Default Judgment Vacated After Tenant Shows Reasonable Excuse for Default
Is Landlord Responsible for Tenant's Slip-and-Fall on Loose Staircase Step?
Mitchell-Lama Co-op Tenant Cured Failure to Recertify Income
Termination Notice Failed to State Tenant Received Section 8 Subsidy
August 2024 Insights
