April 2007
Tenant Unreasonably Refused to Let Landlord Replace Wood Floor
Appeal Delayed After Tenant Dies
DHCR Unreasonably Ignored Landlord's Proof of Doormen's Hours
Apartment Deregulated for Fair Market Rent Over $2,000
Landlord Must Wait for Final DHCR Decision on Storage Space
Trial Required on Whether Building Entrance Door Defective
NYCHA Not Responsible for Fire in Tenant's Apartment
Health Club Replacing Community Room Is Required Service
Tenant Who Didn't Pay Attorney's Fees Entitled to Attorney's Fees
Tenant's Defamation Claim Against Landlord Is Untimely
Tenant Can't Sue for Fire Damage from Neighbor's Apartment
Landlord Gets Attorney's Fees Even Though Tenant Not Evicted for Overcharging Subtenant
More Facts Needed to Decide If Five Buildings Are Horizontal Multiple Dwelling
Tenant Gets Attorney's Fees
Labor Cost Adjustment Granted for Part-Time Handyman
Tenant Can File Late Claim Against Landlord for Injury
Tenant Didn't Notify DRO of New Water Leak After Inspection
Tenant Overcharged Subtenant
Eviction Proceeding Delayed While Tenants Sue Landlord over House Ownership
Apartment Vacant on Base Date
Landlord's Failure to Provide Heat and Hot Water Resulted in Constructive Eviction
Tenants Settle Case Against Company Selling Housing Court Data
Tenants' Amended Tax Returns May Put Income Below Deregulation
Landlord's Termination Notice Didn't State Lease Provisions Violated
Landlord Can't Appeal from Default Judgment
Landlord Didn't Prove Extension Existed When She Bought Building
Prior DHCR Order Reduced Tenant's Rent Below $2,000
Landlord Didn't Answer Tenant's Claim for Property Damage After Illegal Lockout
No 1/40th Increase for Refrigerator Ordered After Tenant Moved In
Landlord Not Responsible for Tenant's Slip-and-Fall on Vestibule Floor
Prior Court Decision on Apartment Condition Didn't Prove Primary Residence
Security Deposit Applied to Rent Owed
Landlord's Nonrenewal Notice Stated Enough Facts
Tenants Had No Gas Service for Two Months
Landlord Made Reasonable Efforts to Keep Property Front Clean
Fire-Damaged Apartment Habitable Even If Additional Repairs Needed
Landlord Added Illegal SRO Units to Two-Family House
Condo Owner Must Remove Plants and Furniture Placed on Roof
Landlord Didn't Reinstate Tenancy by Accepting Rent Check
DHCR Relies on 2002 Ruling on Tenant's 2001 Income for Landlord's 2003 Application
Co-op Passenger Ship Can Expel Resident for Misconduct
MBR Increases Granted
Landlord Must Install Compactor After Incinerator Service Eliminated
Tenants Can't Claim Punitive Damages from Landlord for Fire
Market-Rent Tenants Can't Be Evicted During Condo Conversion
Tenant Waited 19 Years to Complain About Missing Window Screens
Tenant's FDCPA Violation Claim Must Be Decided in Federal Court
Muddy, Rusty Water Sprayed from Shower Head at Inspection
Canceled Check Without Notation Insufficient Proof of Apartment Improvements
No Rent Cut, Since Mailboxes Replaced Before Complaint Filed
Rent Guidelines Board Order No. 37 Upheld
Trial Required to Determine If Tenant Lived in Another Manhattan Apartment
Tenant Subject to Hotel Stabilization
No Proof Base Rent Was Preferential Rent
Landlord Must Maintain Elevator Once Installed
Two Four-Unit Buildings Are Horizontal Multiple Dwelling
Landlord Properly Deemed Renewal Lease to Be in Effect
Landlord's Termination Notice Didn't State Sufficient Nuisance Facts
No Proof Co-op Reserve Fund Used to Pay for MCI
Parking Space Is Required Ancillary Service
Plumbing Work Without Permit Was Hazardous Violation
Landlord Cleared over 200 Violations to Get MBR Increases
Tenant's Appeal of DHCR Deregulation Order Untimely
No Proof Tenant Didn't Receive DHCR Inspection Notice
Landlord Can't Evict Rent-Stabilized Tenant Who Overcharged Subtenant
Landlord Didn't State if HPD Violation Corrected
