December 2018
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Legal Rent Limited to Lower Rent Offered by Receiver
DHCR Correctly Found Overcharge Was Willful and Imposed Triple Damages
Landlord Must Give Tax ID Information to Tenant's Guardian
Landlord Didn't Prove Tenant Sublet Apartment to Her Son
Landlord Can't Get Attorney's Fees for Eviction Case
Tenant Wasn't Given Notice to Appoint New Counsel After Attorney Disbarred
Tenant's Ex-Husband Gets Apartment
Tenant Doesn't Show Fraud by New Landlord in Building Purchase
Tenant Not Entitled to Restoration to Building Destroyed by Fire
Landlord Doesn't Prove Tenant Violated Probationary Stipulation
Landlord Can Evict Tenant Who Repeatedly Complained to HPD
Co-op Shareholder Tenant Made Alterations Without Landlord's Consent
Condo Board Acted Properly by Replacing Roof
Landlord Submitted No Proof of IAIs
Work Didn't Amount to Substantial Rehab of Building
Was There a Fraudulent Scheme to Deregulate Tenant's Apartment?
Rent-Controlled Apartment in Co-op Building Not Subject to Deregulation
Tenant's Appeal of Deregulation Order Terminated Based on Tenant's Death
Complaints About Elevator Upgrades Don't Bar MCI Rent Hikes
Approval of Substantial Rehab Deregulation Delayed Until DOB Issues New C of O
Landlord Can Restrict Acceptance of Large Electronics for Tenants
DHCR Will Consider Denied MCI Application After Retroactive Rent Restoration Order Issued
MCI Rent Hike for Rewiring Denied
Landlord Must File Administrative Determination Application for DHCR Ruling
Landlord Can Demolish Three-Family House and Evict Tenant
Rent Overcharge Determined for Rent-Controlled Tenant
Tenant's Apartment Was Vacancy Deregulated More Than Four Years Before Complaint
Landlord Applied Temporary Exemption Rule in Effect When Tenant Moved In
Landlord Separated One Apartment into Three New Deregulated Units
Landlord Corrected Rent Registrations
Court Upholds Violations for Short-Term Rentals
Landlord Must Produce Rent History Records Pretrial
Eviction Proceeding Dismissed Due to Landlord's Defective Rent Demand
First Tenant After Rent Control Was Rent Stabilized
Co-Tenant Who Fled Apartment as Domestic Abuse Victim Not Responsible for Rent Arrears
New Landlord Doesn't Prove Tenant Must Sign Renewal Lease
Eviction Case Commenced in Commercial Part Against Loft Tenants Dismissed
Landlord's Chronic Nonpayment Claim Was Insufficient
Landlord Waived Right to Collect Higher Rent Increase
Unit Owner Claims Condo Was Negligent After Pipe Burst
Proprietary Lease Provision Was Unenforceable
No Overcharge Where Court Previously Approved Settlement
Landlord Not Required to Continue Preferential Rent
Tenant Who Transferred Didn't Retain Prior Rental Rate
No Fraud Found in Connection with Rent Overcharge
DHCR Finds No Overcharge
Where Apartment Vacant on Base Date, Next Legal Stabilized Rent Was Charged
DHCR Can't Rule on Tenant's Claim for Interest on Security Deposit
Landlord Didn't Sufficiently Prove IAIs
Landlord Sufficiently Proved IAIs
Chimney Liner Installation Doesn't Qualify as MCI
Landlord Gets MCI Rent Hike for New Boiler
No MCI Rent Hike for Rent-Stabilized Tenant
'C' Violations Were Entered by HPD After MCI Application Was Filed
Useful Life of Prior Boiler Didn't Matter
Tenant with Life in 'Chaos' Excused for Not Answering Deregulation Notice
Landlord's Termination Notice Was Defective
Rent-Controlled Tenant's Granddaughter Gets Apartment
Landlord Doesn't Prove Nonprimary Residence
Brookhaven Landlord Convicted of Criminal Charges
