April 2025
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Building Exempt from Rent Stabilization Based on Substantial Rehabilitation
No Sub Rehab Proved Where No Records Showed Prior Substandard Condition
DHCR Sets Legal Rent Based on Equity Where Tenant Was Prior Landlord's Sister
Utility Credit Set by HPD Not Subject to DHCR Jurisdiction
Landlord Refunded Overpayment Upon Notice of Tenant's DRIE Benefits
Overcharge Was Based on DHCR Rent Freeze and Court-Ordered Rent Abatement
Tenant's Second Overcharge Complaint Was an Improper Attempt to Retry Prior Claim
DHCR Can't Order Tenant to Pay Back Rent Owed After Dismissing Overcharge Claim
No Overcharge Where Tenant Paid Less Than Legal Regulated Rent
No Rent Overcharge Found for Rent-Controlled Tenant
Rent-Controlled Tenant's Daughter Fails to Prove Succession Rights
Landlord Can Amend Clerical Error in Registered Rent for 2022
Approved Change in Trash Disposal Method Warranted Monthly $5 Rent Reduction
No Rent Overcharge Where Tenant Agreed to Transfer to Unregulated Apartment
Unsigned Court Stipulation Had No Effect on DHCR Finding of No Overcharge
No Triple Damages Applied to Rent Overcharge for Improperly Deregulated Apartment
Overcharge Resulted from Failure to Preserve Preferential Rent
Tenant's Apartment Was Properly Deregulated in 2015
HSTPA Amendments Didn't Apply to Overcharge Complaint Filed in 2018
Court Can Consider DHCR Rent Reduction Order as Proof Unit Hadn't Been Deregulated
Landlord Fined $50,000 for Illegal Conversion of Two-Family Dwelling to Four Apartments
Daughter Gets Apartment of Tenants Who Retained Rent-Controlled Status After Transfer
Rents Adjusted Where HUD-Regulated Building Become Subject to Rent Stabilization
Tenant Claims Landlord Responsible for Bathroom Ceiling Collapse
Law Required Landlord to Explain Facts of Alleged Nonpayment in Termination Notice
Reasonable Reliance on Landlord's Actions Not Needed to Prove Fraud in Overcharge Case
Tenant in Occupancy Before C of O Issued Is Exempt from Deregulation
Did Landlord Fraudulently Maintain Apartment Deregulation Post-Roberts?
Court Strikes Many of Tenant's Procedural Defenses in Eviction Case
Landlord Must Answer Pre-Trial Questioning on Tenant's Improper Deregulation Claim
Nonpayment Petition Misstated Rent Due
Landlord Can't Sue Tenant for Nonpayment While Basement Contained Illegal Apartment
Landlord Must Use Notice-of-Petition Form Created Under Civil Court Rules
Court Permits Pre-Trial Questioning by Tenant Claiming Fraudulent Rent Overcharge
Former Tenant's Claims Against Landlord, Judge, Marshal, and DHCR Dismissed
Tenant's Great-Niece Can't Get Mitchell-Lama Co-op Apartment
Co-op Board Had Unlimited Right to Either Consent or Withhold Permission to Sublet
Tenant's Loft Unit Was Subject to Rent Stabilization
Landlord Can't Report Tenant's Nonpayment to Credit Reporting Agency Before Case Decided
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