August 2016
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Tenant Refused Access for Window Installation
Three Incidents of Noise Didn't Create Nuisance
Tenant's Grandnephew Gets Mitchell-Lama Co-op Apartment
Newly Created Apartment with High First Rent Was Exempt from Stabilization
Yonkers Housing Authority Wrongly Terminated Tenant's Rent Subsidy
Trial Needed on Succession Rights Claim by Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Son
Did Schizophrenic Tenant Knowingly Permit Son’s Drug Activities?
Landlord Not Entitled to Additional Rent from Month-to-Month Tenant
NYCHA Must Reconsider Daughter's Succession Claim
Landlord's 11th Motion to Remove 7A Administrator Denied by Court
Settlement Agreement Vacated Based on Tenant's Excusable Default
Supportive Living Program Resident Restored to Possession
Short-Term Rental Company Mistakenly Entered Tenant's Apartment and Removed Possessions
Landlord Can't Use Sealed Records Against Tenant in Eviction Case
Landlord's Chronic Nonpayment Claim Dismissed for Insufficiency
Tenant Gets 35 Percent Rent Cut for Mold Condition
Landlord Can't Garnish Tenant's Salary to Satisfy Rent Judgment
Was Landlord Responsible for Tenant's Fall?
Landlord Rerented Apartment and Disposed of Tenant's Possessions Despite Contrary Court Order
Landlord Must Pay Tenant $4,600 for Discarding Possessions After Eviction
Tenant Shareholder Claims Co-op Board Interfered with Sale of Apartment
Occupant Proves Mother/Daughter-Type Relationship with Late Tenant
Landlord Didn't Follow HUD Rules Before Raising Rent
Proprietary Lease Permitted Shareholder Tenant's Daughter and Four Grandchildren to Live with Her
Court Finds Unregulated Tenant Was Actually Rent Stabilized
Tenant Hadn't Paid Rent During Four Years Before She Filed Overcharge Claim
Landlord Can Evict Tenant Who Didn't Sign Renewal Lease
Housing Court Had No Authority to Rule on Tenant's Motion for Unpaid Settlement Sum
Landlord Can Withhold Daily Use and Occupancy from Tenant's Security Deposit
Court Orders Westchester County to Comply with Fair Housing Agreement
Aggravated Penalties for Short-Term Rental of Apartments Revoked
Landlord Didn't Prove Neighbor Obstructed Efforts to Fix Building Crack
Landlord Fined $49,000 for Illegal Alteration of Two-Family Dwelling
Landlord Fined $47,400 for Illegally Altering Two-Family Dwelling
No Penalty for Landlord Who Corrected Wall Crack
DHCR Mistakenly Applied Rent Reduction Order for Another Building to Tenant's Rent Overcharge Claim
On-Time Rent Payment Discount Isn't Preferential Rent
Landlord Must Refund Unexplained Credit Verification Fee
Landlord Gets 1/40th Rent Increase for Painting Tenant's Apartment
Tenant's "C" Violation Claim Raised for First Time in PAR
Sewer Line Replacement Doesn't Qualify as MCI
Water Main Installation Without Related Repiping Doesn't Qualify as MCI
Water Booster Pump Cost Added to MCI for Backflow Prevention Device
Tenants Can't Prove MCI Was Paid for by Co-op Reserve Fund
Landlord's MCI Rent Increase Application Was Untimely
Tenant Received No J-51 Rider
Tenant Showed That Husband Moved Out Before Income Certification Period
Tenant Didn't Answer Landlord's Deregulation Application
MCI Rent Hike Granted for Building-Wide Carpet Installation
Balcony Renovations Qualify as MCI
Unique and Peculiar Circumstances Support Rent Charged to Tenant
Tenant Didn't Receive Deregulation Order
Reduction in Community Room Size and Elimination of Kitchen Were Minor Conditions
Sidewalk Shed Cost Included in MCI Increase
Landlord Discontinued Preferential Rent in Accordance with Lease Rider
Landlord Fined for TV Set Left Out for Collection
Landlord Made Reasonable Efforts to Keep Tree Pit Clean
Penalty for Failure to Test BPD Reduced After Test Report Filed
Landlord Fined for Failing to Exterminate for Rats
Landlord Fined for Failing to Maintain Petrometer on Fuel Oil Tank
