February 2014
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Tenant Can Be Evicted for Family Member's Criminal Activity
Tenant Rejected Landlord's Reasonable Accommodation Offer
Tenant Must Walk Dog Outside with Leash and Muzzle
Did Single Incident of Vandalism by Tenant's Guest Violate Lease?
Tenant's Niece Can't Get Rent-Stabilized Apartment
Landlord Could Collect Renewal Lease Rent Upon Rent Restoration
Co-Tenant Added After J-51 Benefits Expired Remains Rent Stabilized
Tenant Challenges Landlord's Claimed High-Rent Vacancy Deregulation
Court, Not DHCR, Must Rule on Tenants' Overcharge Claims
Tenant Fails to Prove Breach of Warranty of Habitability
Housing Program Residents Claim Harassment, Unlawful Evictions, Other Abuses
Tenant Gets Attorney's Fees After Defeating Breach-of-Lease Claim
Tenant Gets Stay of Eviction in Bankruptcy Court
Insufficient Proof of Chronic Nonpayment of Rent
Eviction Warrant Reinstated After Bankruptcy Case Completed
Plastic Hangers Are Not Recyclable
Landlord Changed Gas Valve on Hot Water Heater Without Permit
Containers Holding Rain Water Could Draw Mosquitoes
Ignorance of Mattress Sealing Rule No Excuse
Man Fined $2,000 for Removing Recyclables
Smoke and CO Detectors Not Required in Hallways
Landlord Can Move and Reduce Laundry Room Service
Building and Tenant Were Rent Stabilized
Landlord Doesn't Prove High-Rent Vacancy Deregulation of Apartment
DHCR Limits 1/40th Rent Increase for Painting
No Proof of Fraud Warranted Piercing Four-Year Rule
Intercom System Still Defective
Tenant Lost Gas Service Due to Gas Leak Shut-Off
No Service Reduction Found with Electric Door Key Access
Overcharge Results After High-Income Deregulation Voided
MCI Increase Temporarily Offset by 50 Percent of Annual J-51 Benefit
Door Plates and Floor Signs Don't Qualify as MCIs
Landlord Didn't Accurately Report Commercial Space in Building
Apartment Deregulated in High-Rent/High-Income Proceeding
Tenant's Nephew Can't Get Rent-Stabilized Apartment
Landlord Gets $30,000 in Attorney's Fees in Pet Case
Landlord Can Evict Tenant to Renovate Apartment, Raise Rent
Landlord Waited Too Long to Seek Eviction
Rent Overcharge Complaint Converted to Fair Market Rent Appeal
Triple Damages Revoked Upon DHCR Reconsideration
Tenant's Fraud Claim Dismissed
No MCI Increase for Leaking, Bubbling Roof
No MCI Rent Hike for Piecemeal Parapet Replacement
New Cornice Installed with Facade Restoration Qualifies as MCI
6 Percent of Apartments Had Water Seepage After Facade Work
Triple Damages Revoked Based on Landlord's Good-Faith Belief of Legal Rent
No Triple Damages Where Landlord Made Apartment Improvements
Landlord Didn't Comply with Settlement Terms
Loft Tenants Can't Partition Loft
Tenant Can't Vacate Default Judgment
Landlord Waived No-Pets Clause But No Attorney's Fees for Tenant
Landlord Waited Too Long to Seek Attorney's Fees
Tenant Can Join Mt. Vernon Building Department to Nonpayment Case
Court Can't Default Tenant for Not Making Interim Rent Payment
Landlord Didn't Properly Identify Regulatory Status in Petition
Landlord Didn't Renew Fuel Tank Permit
Landlord Put Recyclables in Cardboard Boxes
Landlord Used Two-Family House for Illegal Tourist Hostel
