December 2013
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Rent-Stabilized Tenant Overcharged Roommate
Hand Railing and Gate Don't Qualify as MCIs
Tenant Not Rent Stabilized Due to High-Rent Vacancy Deregulation
Rent Overcharge Resulted from Deemed Renewal Lease
DRA Must Investigate Unverified Income Tax Data
Mailboxes Installed in Same Location Don't Qualify as MCI
No MCI Rent Hike for New Entry Doors with Unauthorized Key Cards
Family Member Gets Rent-Stabilized Apartment
Tenant in Two-Family House with Store Is Rent Controlled
Previously Rent-Stabilized Building Subject to Luxury Deregulation After J-51 Benefits Expire
Nephew Gets Rent-Controlled Apartment
Landlord Demolished Building Without DHCR Approval
Violation Dismissed Where New Landlord Correcting Illegal Conversion
Landlord Falsely Certified that Basement Flooding Was Corrected
Flow Test Violation Incorrectly Cited
Landlord Violated Vacate Order by Letting Sandy Relief Contractor Use Space
New Hearing Needed on Whether Building Is Illegal Transient Hotel
DHCR Can't Rule on Tenant's Complaint About Smoking in Building
Tenant Was Rent Controlled as Result of 1983 CAB Order
Tenant Is Rent Controlled by Law Despite Years of Rent-Stabilized Leases
Landlord Can't Seek Damages from Tenant That Ran Homeless Shelter
Tenant's Domestic Partner Gets Apartment
HUD Tenant Didn't Disclose Disqualifying Income
Tenants' Association Can't Appeal DHCR Decision Without Attorney
Tenant's Grandson Claims Succession Rights
Landlord Can't Get Attorney's Fees in Case Not Involving Lease Breach
No Proof of Lead Paint Ingestion Presented
Tenant Fell on Broken Step
No Notice to Cure Required in Nuisance Case
Landlord Needn't Send Notices to Tenant in Brazil
NYCHA Didn't Properly Notify Tenant of Subsidy Termination
NYCHA Terminates Tenancy Based on Chronic Nonpayment
Tenant Fell from Paint Bucket Used as Step Stool
Former Tenants Claim They Were Injured as Children by Lead Paint
No Proof of Defects in Lobby Floor or Carpet
Landlord Can't Bring Nonpayment Case Against Non-Tenant
Tenant Gets Extra Month to Vacate
Tenant Didn't Violate Lease by Not Paying Electricity
Termination Notice Didn't Specify Illegal Activity
Tenant's Appeal of HPD Decision Filed Too Late
No Proof of Ongoing Drug Traffic at Tenant's Apartment
Landlord May Be Responsible for Trip on Step
Landlord Didn't Send Termination Notice Before Starting Eviction Case
Did Landlord's Nonmilitary Affidavits Contain False Statements?
HPD Order Setting Rents Didn't Override DHCR Rent Reduction Order
Tenant Gets $49,470 in Attorney's Fees
Displaced Tenants Sue Landlord and HPD for Relocation Costs
No Electrical Problems Found in Tenant's Apartment
Landlord Gets MCI Rent Hike for New Mailboxes
Landlord Didn't Name Both Tenants on ICF
Compactor and Community Rooms Properly Maintained
Tenant Can't Challenge Term of Vacancy Lease After Renewal
DHCR Sets Fee for Ancillary Community Room Use
MCI Rent Hike Denied Due to DOB Stop-Work Order
Tenant Can't Appeal Rent Overcharge Finding
Tenant Can't Cure Objectionable Conduct
Apartment Was Deregulated by High-Rent Vacancy
Tenant Can't Delay Eviction
Basement Steps, Retaining Wall, and Iron Fence Don't Qualify as MCIs
No Fraud by Landlord Who Omitted J-51 Rider from Renewal Lease
