December 2019
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MCI Rent Hike Granted for New Absorption Chiller in Central A/C
Landlord Co-op Corporation Gets MCI Increase for New Windows
MCI Increase Granted for Rewiring with Related Wall Repair
Landlord Didn't Include DOB Filing Fees in Claimed MCI Costs
Landlord's PAR of Deregulation Denial Dismissed Due to Repeal of Law
Landlord Waited Too Long to Claim Rent-Stabilized Apartment Was Rent Controlled
Tenant's Complaint About Doorman Was Unrelated to Key Fob Installation
Landlord Can Replace Gas Stoves with Electric Stoves
Landlord Can Convert from Gas to Electric Heating
Landlord Not Required to Install Smoke or CO Detectors in Hallways
Landlord Didn't Give New Tenant a Lease
Landlord Didn't Preserve Legal Regulated Rent
Landlord Didn't Answer Rent Administrator's Notice of Complaint
NYCHA Can Evict Tenant for Drug-Related Criminal Activity
No Overcharge Where Tenant Paid Less Than Legal Regulated Rent
Landlord Didn't Send Notice Required Under RPL Section 235-e(d)
HSTPA Choice of Forum Provision Doesn't Bar Court from Transferring Case to DHCR
Tenant Presented No Excusable Default to Vacate Eviction Warrant
Landlord Sanctioned for Ordering Notice of Eviction from Marshal
Court Applies Six-Year Statute of Limitations to Overcharge Counterclaim in Pending Case
Building Was Part of Horizontal Multiple Dwelling
Garage Overcharges Based on Default Formula Included Triple Damages
No Overcharge Where Initial Rent-Stabilized Rent Not Challenged Within Four Years
Landlord Waited Too Long to Collect Retroactive Rent Increases
No Substantial Rehab Proved Without New C of O
Landlord Can't Collect Fuel Cost Adjustment from Rent-Controlled Tenant
Landlord Waived Vacancy Increase by Charging Lower Rent
Landlord Waived a Prior Vacancy Rent Increase
Partial Refund Insufficient to Prevent Triple Damages
MBR Rent Hikes Denied Because Landlord Didn't Pay DHCR Fee
Landlord Properly Maintained Building Security System
Rents Restored After Landlord Removes Unauthorized Service Modification
Landlord Improperly Reduced Size of Tenant Storage Bins
Rent Reduction Ordered Based on Vermin in Apartment
Rent Reduction Order Revoked Based on Court Settlement
Rent Increases for Unproven IAIs Were Properly Disallowed
Landlord Gave Proper Renewal Lease Offer
Failure to Obtain Lease Records at Building Purchase No Defense
Rent-Controlled Tenant's Son Was First, Not Second, Successor Tenant
Landlord Must Replace Nonworking Elevator
Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Aunt Didn't Prove Succession Rights
Court Vacates Judgment and Eviction Warrant in Nonpayment Case
Tenant's Claim for Child's Lead Poisoning from Backyard Soil Dismissed
Landlord's Son Had Apparent Authority to Sign Lease with Tenant
Was Landlord Responsible for Tenant's Fall in Driveway?
Court Mistakenly Gave Landlord Judgment of Possession
Tenant Gets 30 Percent Rent Abatement for Multiple Apartment Conditions
Evicted Tenant Showed No Good Cause to Be Restored to Possession
Apartment Deregulated Before June 14, 2019, Not Reregulated by HSTPA
Unauthorized Washing Machine Caused Plumbing Damage
Rent-Stabilized Tenants' Daughter Can't Remain in Apartment
Loft Board Incorrectly Permitted Tenants to Withdraw Coverage Applications
Landlord Should Have Sent Tenant a Notice to Cure
Landlord's Claim to Recover Four Units Dismissed After HSTPA Amendments
Landlord Must Pay Mitigated $50 Penalty for Late Filing of BPD
Landlord Fined for Not Correcting Condition Cited in Prior Violation
DOB Violation Issued When Scaffolding Was Being Dismantled
Plumber Who Performed Emergency Work Didn't Violate DOB Procedures
Landlord Fined for Renting Separate Rooms in One Unit
Landlord Fined $1,500 for Missing FDNY Appointment to Test Sprinkler
