August 2018
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DHCR Accepts Checks That Supported Rent Increases for IAIs
Landlord Can Evict Co-op Shareholder Tenant for Unsafe Apartment Renovations
Was Occupant Improperly Locked Out of Transitional Housing Program?
Tenant Never Appealed DHCR Rent Overcharge Decision Naming Incorrect Owner
Co-op Didn't Get Board Approval Before Seeking Eviction of Shareholder Tenant
Landlord Not Responsible for Unauthorized Work Done by Super
Landlord's Employee Was Rent-Stabilized Tenant
Tenant Didn't Prove Her Son Needed a Guardian Ad Litem During Trial
Renewal Lease Offer During Pending Eviction Case Didn't Revoke Court Action
Tenant Not Entitled to Refund of Rent Paid While Building Violated Permit Rules
Cortland City's Zoning Restriction Against Rentals to Unrelated Groups of People Upheld
Corporate Tenant Used Rent-Stabilized Apartment for Different Directors Over Time
Tenant's Rent and Income Exceeded Deregulation Thresholds After J-51 Benefits Expired
Cosmetic Work to Modernize Vestibule Didn't Qualify as MCI
Tenant Who Didn't Respond to DHCR Subject to Deregulation
Rent-Controlled Apartment Didn't Qualify for High-Rent/High-Income Deregulation
DHCR Must Investigate Missing DTF Tax Match Further
Tenant Who Relied on Accountant Excused for Not Answering Deregulation Petition
Tenant Excused from Default in Deregulation Proceeding
Building Substantially Rehabbed in 1999 Was Exempt from Rent Stabilization
Landlord Charged Vacancy Increase When Tenant's Spouse Added as Co-Tenant
No Fraud Found in Connection with Vacancy Deregulation of Apartment
Substantial Increase in Rent Based on IAIs Didn't Indicate Fraud
Landlord Didn't Preserve Higher Legal Rent in Vacancy Lease
No Triple Damages for Overcharge Based on Partial Disallowance of IAIs
Garden Service Not Restored for Tenants Who Lived at Adjoining Address
Landlord Gets Rent Increase for First-Time Painting of Rent-Controlled Apartment
Landlord Didn't Prove Building Was Exempt from Rent Stabilization
Rent Restoration Date Follows Date of Notice to Tenant that Vacate Order Had Been Lifted
Rent Restoration Date Delayed
Rent Overcharge Finding Revoked
Can Rent-Stabilized Tenant Cure Profiteering Through Short-Term Rentals?
Court Finds Rent Overcharge of $83,669 for Tenant of Improperly Deregulated Apartment
Landlord Claimed Tenant Operated a Bakery in Apartment
Court Affirms DHCR Finding of No Fraud and No Rent Overcharge
Landlord Didn't Prove Tenant Removed Smoke Detectors or Caused Fire
Tenant Gets 50 Percent Rent Abatement Based on HPD Violations
Court Upholds DHCR's 1995 Deregulation Decision
1989 Rent Reduction Order Froze Tenant's Monthly Rent at $278
Violation Issued for Installation of Laundry Room Dismissed
Landlord Fined $2,400 for False Statement on Alteration Application
Landlord Fined $700 for Not Installing and Testing BPD
Landlord Fined $300 for Leaving Open Waste at Side of Building
Landlord's Efforts to Clear Snow Were Insufficient
Adjoining Buildings Had Enough Common Systems to Constitute HMD
Building with Four Apartments Not Subject to Rent Stabilization
Insufficient Proof of IAI Rent Increases Prevent Finding Apartment Was Deregulated
Apartment Resumed Rent-Stabilized Status After Temporary Exemption
Rent-Stabilized Rent Frozen Based on Missing Annual Rent Registrations
One Third of Tenants Request Article 7A Administrator
Tenant Claims There Are Six or More Apartments in Building
Court Permits Review of Pre-Base Date Rent History
Landlord Rented Separated Rooms in Four-Family Dwelling
DHCR Can't Order Landlord to Renew Garage Lease for Tenant's Son
Landlord Charged Tenant Excessive Late Fees
Tenant Must Pay for Water Damage Caused by Washing Machine
No Fraud Found in Connection with Rent Registrations or IAIs
Landlord Collected Renewal Increase Without Executed Renewal Lease
Two Weeks Added to Two-Year Vacancy Lease Didn't Invalidate It
