December 2016
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Tenant Refused to Pay Use and Occupancy While Case Pending
Landlord Can Evict Tenant Who Conducted Short-Term Rentals Through Airbnb
Appeals Court Must Decide Husband's Petition for Succession Rights
Housing Authority Can Evict Tenant for Drug-Related Activity
Landlord Claims Tenant Breached Agreement to Refrain from Excessive Noise
Tenant Who Never Moved In Can't Claim Breach of Warranty of Habitability
Landlord Can Evict Tenant Who Threatened Other Tenant with Gun
No Termination Notice Required Before Eviction Proceeding
Landlord Proved Tenant's Primary Residence Was in Barbados
Landlord's Claim for Eviction Based on Chronic Nonpayment Denied
No Rent Overcharge After Effective Date of MCI Rent Hike Restored to Prior Date
Tenant's Failure to Answer Deregulation Application Excused Due to Health Problems
Landlord Submitted Insufficient Proof of Building's Substantial Rehab
Landlord Applied Too Late for MCI Rent Hike Based on A/C Chillers
First Rent Based on Average Rents in Building When Tenant Moved In
Tenant Can't Challenge Rent Increase Collected Before Four-Year Base Date
No Triple Damages for Second Vacancy Increase Improperly Added
Landlord Can't Collect MCI Rent Hike from Tenant Receiving SCRIE
Plaster and Painting Costs Properly Included in IAI Rent Increase
Landlord Didn't Itemize Claimed IAIs
Subtenant Claiming Illusory Tenancy Can't Complain She Never Got Renewal Lease
Tenant Accepted Rent-Stabilized Renewal Lease in Court Settlement
Tenant Not Entitled to Rent-Stabilized Renewal Lease
Landlord Can't Evict Rent-Controlled Senior Citizen for Owner Occupancy
DHCR Grants Permission, Retroactively, to Change Intercom System
DHCR Won't Accept New Proof of Additional Rent Arrears
Tenant's Rent Properly Frozen, Then Fully Restored, Since 1991
Four-Year Rule Applied to Tenant's Overcharge Claim
DHCR Finds No Reason to Investigate Base Date Rent in J-51 Building
Landlord Didn't Submit Proof of Vacancy Lease Rider
Pre-Base Date Rent Reduction Order Bars Landlord From Collecting Vacancy Increase
Tenant Can't Challenge IAI Rent Hike Collected Before Four-Year Base Date
DHCR Reviews Pre-Base Date Rent Overcharge Order to Decide Whether Preferential Rent Was Proper
Amended Code Provision Must Be Applied to Set Tenant's Rent
Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Daughter Gets Apartment
Low-Income Housing Co-op Apartment Was Exempt from Rent Stabilization
Building Had Five Apartments, So Wasn't Rent Stabilized
DHCR Mistakenly Ordered Landlord to Give Tenant a Renewal Lease
Rent Registration Records Are Insufficient Proof of Base Date Rent
Default Method Properly Applied When No Base Date Rent History Documents Submitted
Former Owner of Illegally Converted Building Became Rent-Stabilized Tenant
Tenant's Disabled Granddaughter Gets Apartment
Apartment That Was Previously Temporarily Exempt Remained Rent Stabilized
Landlord Can't Evict Tenant for Having Guests Without Advance Notice
Family Member Was in Jail for Some Period Before Tenant Died
Hotel-Stabilized Tenant's Roommate Became Permanent Tenant After Tenant Moved Out
Building Not Registered as Multiple Dwelling When Case Commenced
High-Rent/High-Income Deregulation Doesn't Apply to Buildings Subject to Rent Stabilization Under 421-a After July 2, 1984
Tenant Brought Multiple Groundless Lawsuits Against Landlord
DHCR Arbitrarily and Unreasonably Revoked Triple Damages
Section 8 Tenant's Life Partner Claims Succession Rights
Landlord Must Present Pre-Base Date Proof of Rent History
Landlord Must Return Security Deposit
Landlord Can Keep Security Deposit and Is Awarded Additional Damages
Landlord's Nonrenewal/Termination Notice Was Specific Enough
Court Excuses Landlord's Default in Eviction Proceeding
Co-op Can Evict Shareholder Tenant for Installing A/C System Without Permission
Court Stops Eviction After HRA Pays Back Rent Owed by Tenant
Four-Year Rule Applied to Overcharge Claims
