December 2015
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Tenant's Daughter Didn't Properly File Appeal
Rent Hike for Painting of Rent-Controlled Apartment Limited
Tenant's Son Can't Get NYCHA Apartment
Former Tenant's Son Can't Get Loft Unit
Tenants Removed Light Fixtures
Tenant's Chronic Nonpayment of Rent Didn't Constitute Nuisance
Rent-Controlled Tenant's Wife Gets Apartment
Nephew Gets Rent-Controlled Tenant's Apartment
Landlord Waited Too Long to Seek Eviction
Tenant Hospital Records May Prove When Granddaughter Moved into Apartment
Tenant Questions Apartment’s Deregulation
Slope in Floor Was De Minimis Condition
Co-op Can Evict Shareholder Tenant for Nuisance
Tenant Broke into Storage Room and Threatened Building Staff
Did Landlord Know About Lead Paint Condition?
Landlord Fined $500 for Not Submitting BPD Test Report
Landlord Proves Sprinkler System Flow Test Was Timely
Landlord Fined $300 for Signs of Rats at Building
Landlord Fined $43,000 for False Statements on Alteration Applications
Landlord Fined $47,400 for Illegally Altering Two-Family Dwelling
Apartment Subject to Deregulation Based on Incomes of Three Tenants
No Fraud by Landlord Who Treated Apartment as Deregulated Under DHCR Policy
Landlord Fraudulently Deregulated Apartment
Apartment Door Defective
Conversion from Oil to Gas Boiler Qualifies as MCI
Tenant's Fair Market Rent Appeal Was Untimely
Landlord Improperly Applied DSS Payments Made on Tenant's Behalf
Tenant Agreed to Withdraw DHCR Complaint
Incomes of Tenants' Daughters Not Included in Income Evaluation
Landlord Didn't Prove Chronic Nonpayment
Landlord Must Provide Surveillance Video to Tenant
Landlord's Notice Didn't Explain How Tenants Damaged Premises
Apartment Deregulation Already Decided in Prior Court Case
No Obligation to Feed Stray Cats at Condo Complex
Notice to Cure Not Required in Nuisance Case
Commencing Nonpayment Proceeding After Starting Holdover Case Reinstated Tenancy
Tenant Had Valid Excuse for Nonpayment in Prior Cases
Federal Court Can't Rule on Tenant's Claim
Schenectady Building Inspection Rules Are Constitutional
Discontinued TV Antenna Was Minor Condition
Engineering Costs and Work Performed by Super Disallowed
Roof Coating Didn't Qualify as MCI
DOB Inspection and Filing Fees Excluded from Approved Cost of MCI
Landlord Didn't Get Useful Life Waiver for Additional Work
Tenant's Son Gets Rent-Stabilized Apartment
Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Elderly Son Proves Succession Rights
Landlord Submitted No Proof of IAI Labor Costs Paid in Cash
Landlord Didn't Produce Base Date Lease
Landlord Miscalculated Longevity Increase
Landlord Waited Too Long to Seek Rent Arrears
Tenant Gets 25 Percent Rent Abatement
Tenant Evicted for Excessive Apartment Clutter
Landlord Must Refile Application to Add Garage
Landlord Can Collect Court-Approved Rent Hikes for RGBOs 41 and 42 Retroactively
Son's Arrest for Illegal Drugs Insufficient Grounds for Eviction
NYCHA Can't Evict Disabled Tenant Without Accommodating Her
Condo Board Properly Notified Unit Owners of Special Assessment
Rent Demand Included Rent Owed Pursuant to Prior Settlement Agreements
Tenant Didn't Prove Value of Property Damaged by Ceiling Leak
