February 2017
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Landlord Didn't Prove Good Faith Intent
Did Missing Handrails in Building Staircase Cause Tenant’s Fall?
DHCR Must Reconsider Landlord's MCI Increase Application
Landlord Must Pay Tenant Stipends and Relocation Costs
Partial Use of Multiple Dwelling as Transient Hotel Violated C of O
Termination Notice Didn't State That Tenant Didn't Cure Defaults
Landlord Co-op Can Evict Deceased Tenant Shareholder's Daughter
Lease Mistakenly Changed Combined Apartments from Rent Controlled to Stabilized
NYCHA Reasonably Sought to Accommodate Tenant's Fear of Apartment Entry
Tenants Entitled to Pretrial Questioning of Landlord
Tenant Who Changed Apartments Still Subject to Rent Stabilization
Tenant Wanted to Add Roommate as Co-Tenant
No Fraud Found Where Apartment Remained Rent Stabilized
Tenants Claim Nonreceipt of Notice in Building Where Landlord's Employees Sorted Mail
Landlord's 2010 Luxury Deregulation Application Reopened
Key Fob System Approved with No Rent Reduction
Landlord Changed to Non-Duplicable Entrance Key Without DHCR Approval
Building Gas Service Was Restored Before DHCR Inspection
Six Small Water Closet Windows Omitted from Building-Wide Window Replacement
Tenant's Rent Reduced to $1 After Fire, Even If She Caused It
Landlord's Removal of Skylight Results in Rent Reduction
Adjoining Buildings Weren't Horizontal Multiple Dwelling
Landlord Can Evict Tenant Who Sought to Delay Execution of Eviction Warrant 10 Times
Condo Board Can Eject Nonpaying Unit Owner in Foreclosure Action
Duplicate Rent Reduction Order Still in Place for Tenant Not Covered by First Order
Landlord Can't Amend 2013 Rent Registration
DHCR Inspection Showed Adequate Staircase Lighting
Part-Time Attendants Replaced with Surveillance System and Package Lockers
DHCR Relied on HPD Violations to Reduce Rents for Insufficient Heat
Cornice Replacement Costs Were Related to Facade Restoration MCI
Landlord Can Replace Security Guard with Surveillance System
Work Found Unrelated to Entrance Door and Hallway Flooring Installations
DHCR Sets Rent-Stabilized Rent by Deeming Renewal Increases from 1984 Forward
Landlord Can't Amend Rent Registration While Overcharge Complaint Pending
MCI Increase Reduced for Six Years to Offset Loss of Prior MCI
No Triple Damages Where Overcharge Due to Improper Vacancy Deregulation
Rent-Controlled Apartment in Building with Expired J-51 Benefits Not Subject to Deregulation
Tenant's Medical Conditions Excused Her Failure to Answer Deregulation Notice
Tenant Deregulated for Failing to Answer Landlord's Notice
Wife Who'd Lived with Tenant Before Divorce Entitled to Pass-On Rights
Landlord Didn't Prove That Base Rent Was Preferential
Tenant Claimed Only That Apartment Hadn’t Been Registered
Building Owned as Non-Profit Cooperative Not Subject to Rent Stabilization
Landlord Questions Interest Charged on Rent Overcharge
Tenant Entitled to Preferential Rent Upon Lease Renewal
Landlord Offered Improper Lease to Tenant's Grandson
Starting Fire in Apartment Wasn’t Sufficient to Prove Tenant Nuisance
Landlord Can't Evict Tenant from Illegal Apartment Absent DOB Violation
HUD-Subsidized Building Still Subject to Rent Stabilization
Tenant Was Illegally Locked Out of Apartment
Tenant Violated Agreement to Keep SRO Unit Free from Debris
Tenant's Absence from Apartment Was Excusable
Abused Spouse Has Protected Property Interest in Tenant's Voucher
Tenant Violated Agreement to Escort Her Son When He Visited
Tenant Gets Substantial Rent Abatement for Serious Conditions
Overflowing Trash in Compactor Rooms Wasn't Minor Condition
DRA Needn't Send Landlord Inspection Report Before Finding Reduction in Services
DHCR Inspector Found No Evidence of Mold in Apartment
NYCHA Tenant's Daughter Can't Get Apartment
No Pass-On Rights for Mitchell-Lama Occupants Who Claimed They Paid Rent
