April 2022
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Landlord Must Offer Tenant Renewal Lease Despite Nonprimary Residence Claim
Apartment Occupant Proves Succession Rights to Rent-Stabilized Apartment
Conversion from Six to Five Apartments Didn't Remove Building from Rent Stabilization
Hospital Employee Permitted to Stay in Apartment After Employment Ended Became Rent Stabilized
Landlord Must Cover Cost of Conversion from Gas to Electric Stoves
DHCR Must Consider Status of Buildings After HPD and HUD Regulatory Status Ended
Tenant of Formerly HUD-Subsidized Unit in Yonkers Claims Overcharge
Tenant Can't Seek Exemption from MCI Rent Hike for First Time on Appeal
Landlord Proved Parapet Installation Was Complete
Rent Overcharge Occurring After Temporary Exemption Wasn't Willful
Landlord Proved It Offered Timely Renewal Lease to Rent-Stabilized Tenant
Landlord Removed Name of Tenant's Ex-Wife in Renewal Lease Offer
Tenant Didn't Prove Lease Renewal Offer Was Untimely
DHCR Disallowed Duplicate, Unexplained IAI Costs
DHCR Can't Consider Issues Beyond Those Raised in Complaint
Fire Damage Repair Costs Don't Qualify as IAIs
Rent Reduction Order Still in Effect Resulted in $59,000 Overcharge
Landlord Challenges Legal Fees Awarded to Tenant in Overcharge Case
DHCR Properly Denied Deregulation Applications Filed in 2019
DHCR Didn't Unreasonably Delay Processing Landlord's 2017 Deregulation Application
Landlord Must Pay Relocation Stipends to Estates of Tenants Who Died After Demolition Ruling
Succession Claimant Excused from Failing to Make Timely Court-Ordered Rent Payment
NYC Remained Wife's Primary Residence Despite Retreat to Summer Home During Pandemic
Landlord Not Responsible for Harassment Claimed Between Tenant-Roommates
Tenant Can Subpoena DHCR Rent Registration Records for Entire Building
Tenant's Pending ERAP Application Stays Holdover Proceeding Not Based on Unpaid Rent
Court Lifts ERAP Stay of Holdover Proceeding Against Occupant
Tenants Can Pursue Harassment Claim Against Landlord
Court Dismisses Tenant's Harassment Claim Against Landlord
DHCR Reasonably Determined That Landlord Didn't Overcharge Tenant
Tenant Couldn't Switch Forums for Overcharge Claim
Landlord Harassed Tenant Through Groundless Eviction Proceedings
Pending ERAP Application Won't Delay Eviction Proceeding for Former Super
Appeals Court Reinstates Tenants' Claims of Harassment and Assault by Landlord
Notice of Discontinuance Can't Be Filed After Tenant Answers Petition
Landlord Sanctioned by Court for Late-Date Claim Regarding Plaintiffs' Attorneys
Subtenant Sues Landlord and Tenant to Collect on $200K Overcharge Judgment
Landlord's Description of Tenant's Objectionable Conduct in Predicate Notices Was Sufficient
Tenant Claims Landlord's Termination of Her Parking Space Was Discriminatory
Court Denies Landlord's Request to Vacate ERAP Stay Obtained by Licensee
Court Extends Probationary Period for Tenant Who Didn't Clear Clutter
Landlord Fined $34,000 for Failing to Restore Hot Water
Court Dismisses Holdover Proceeding Started After Tenant Filed ERAP Application
Tenant Claims Breach of Warranty of Habitability Based on Lack of Elevator Service
Landlord Can Seek Additional Rent Arrears After ERAP Pays Partial Amount
Rent Overcharge Settlement Agreement Signed Before Regina Upheld on Appeal
Tenant's Son Doesn't Prove Succession Rights
Tenant Gets 30% Rent Abatement for Breach of Warranty of Habitability
ERAP Stay Obtained by Squatter Is Lifted by the Court
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