February 1994
Tenant Can Assert Claim
Prior Landlord Can't File MCI Application
Landlord Gets Possession, But Not Rent
Rent Demand Defective
Tenant Didn't Renew Lease
Tenants Didn't Sign and Return Renewal Lease
Tenant Can't Vacate Stipulation
Gas Piping and Wiring Installed with New Burners
Violation Improperly Issued on Collection Day
Insurance Proceeds Paid for Improvements
Landlord Submitted DOB Approvals for Elevators After Case Reopened
Landlord Proved Rent Charged from Base Date
Landlord Didn't Give Up Right to Object to Pet
Landlord Proved Reasonable Efforts to Clean Sidewalk
Landlord Sold Building Before Violation Issued
Landlord Didn't Prove Apartment Enlarged
Landlord Proved It Didn't Place Shopping Bags at Curb
Tenant Gets Fees in Primary Residence Case
Incomplete Notice Form Submitted
Rent Abatement Properly Awarded
Tenants Didn't Join Appeal on Time
Parents May Be Partially Liable for a Child's Lead Poisoning
Tenant Gets Fees in DHCR Proceeding
Loft Unit Doesn't Include Roof
Tenant Must Pay Rent Despite Lack of Renewal Lease
Tenant Didn't Know Apartment Used for Drug Sales
Tenant Removed Air Conditioner
Concrete Garage Roof Decks Qualify
Niece Didn't Live with Tenant in Apartment for Two Years
MBR Increase Applied Retroactively
Rent Strike No Bar to MBR Increase
Building with Five Units
Landlord Can't Submit Rent Records on Appeal
Roof Door Security Alarm Doesn't Qualify
Landlord Didn't Challenge Bill on Time
Tenant's `Common Law' Wife Can't Get Apartment
Landlord's Agent Liable for Damages
Termination Notice for Subsidized Apartment Defective
New Law Can't Be Applied Retroactively
Tenant Didn't Complain About Second Toilet
Landlord Can Proceed with Eviction Case
Tenant Charged Preferential Rent in Exchange for Move
Landlord's Comparability Data Defective
Landlord Didn't Have Valid C of O
Judgment Against Tenant Vacated
Cost of Painting Control Room Floor Included
Landlord Can't Get Back or Future Rent
Sprinkler Main Replacement Doesn't Qualify
Landlord's Appeal Dismissed
Tenant Cared for Sick Mother
Tenant's Apartment Created Fire Hazard
Jury Waiver Clause Doesn't Apply
Landlord Maintained Courtyard Lawn
Landlord Installed Master TV Antenna
$6 Rent Cut for Windows with No Screens
Landlord Ineligible for Low Rent Surcharge
Two Buildings with Common Heating System and Fire Escape
Steel Fence Doesn't Qualify
Super's Apartment Exempt
DHCR Grants Tenant's Reconsideration Request
Tenant Must Pay Back Rent
Rent Cut Applies to New Tenant
Tenant Not Entitled to Rent Abatement
Landlord Proved Date of First Stabilized Lease
DHCR Pass-On Regulations Upheld
Termination Notice Not Defective
When to Register Hotel Units
Security Camera Installed by Commercial Tenant
Rent-Controlled Tenant Can't Consent to Rent-Stabilization Coverage
Improvements Needed Due to Fire
DHCR Inspection Didn't Corroborate Improvements Listed on Invoices
Customized Heater and Air-Conditioner Units Qualify