January 2008
DHCR Must Hold Hearing on Claimed Apartment Improvement Costs
Tenant Excused for Mistake in Mailing Response to Deregulation Notice
DHCR Inspection Showed Too Many Violations for MBR Hike
Prior Landlord Waived Right to Evict Tenant for Keeping Dogs
Rent Restoration Date Changed
Apartment Deregulated by Prior Ruling
DHCR Default Method Used to Calculate Overcharge
Accepting Rent After Lease Expired Created Month-to-Month Tenancy
Landlord Proved Apartment Improvement Costs
Family Members Didn't Prove They Lived with Tenant for at Least One Year
Prior Service Reduction Complaints Denied
DHCR Default Method Properly Applied
SRO Tenant Didn't Receive Vacancy Lease
MBR Eligibility Doesn't Determine Fuel Cost Adjustment Eligibility
Court, Not DHCR, Must Decide Nonprimary Residence Issue
Tenant of Briarcliff Manor Co-op Not Rent Stabilized
Landlord Had Notice of Defective Steps
No Relationship Proved Between Landlord and Contractor
Sidewalk Bridge Cost Limited to Period of Actual MCI Work
Salvation Army Residence Not Subject to Rent Stabilization
Tenant Can't Vacate Settlement Agreement
Condo Owner Needn't Pay Landlord Attorney's Fees
Rent Reduction Order Issued Years Before Tenant's Complaint Freezes Rent
DA Approval of Drug Eviction Case Settlement Not Required
No Proof Super Occupied Apartment on Base Date
Landlord Discontinued Tenant's Parking Space
Landlord Didn't Correct Enough Violations
Landlord Didn't Claim 'Objectionable Conduct' by Tenant or Dog
Useful Life of Prior Pointing Work Hadn't Expired
Tenant's Washing Machine Hook-Up Violates City Plumbing Code
Landlord Sent MBR Increase Notice on Time
Landlord Didn't Waive Collection of Legal Regulated Rent
DHCR and Court Issue Contrary Rulings
Settlement Agreement Didn't Resolve Tenant's Overcharge Claim
Tenant Entitled to Pretrial Questioning
No MBR Increase Application Filed Since 1986
Landlord Didn't Offer Timely Renewal Lease
Substantial Rehab Completed After Jan. 1, 1974
Landlord Sent MBR Increase Notice on Time
Landlord Can Collect Air Conditioner Surcharge
Landlord Must Continue Preferential Rent
Good Cause Not Required to Terminate Section 8 Tenancy
Tenants Can Proceed with Demand for 7-A Administrator
Rewiring Sufficient to Qualify as MCI
Landlord Seeks Rent Hikes from Successor Tenant
Landlord Can Evict Mitchell-Lama Tenant
No MCR Ruling While Appeal of Pass-on Rights Pending
Maximum Collectible Rent Increase Delayed
High-Rent Deregulation Doesn't Apply to J-51 Building
Landlord Gets 1/40th Rent Hike for New Refrigerator
Holdover Proceeding Delayed 90 Days for Occupant in Military
Landlord Knew Tenant Lived in Apartment, Despite Commercial Lease
No Written Contract for Claimed Exterior Restoration Work
Landlord Must Paint Apartment Every Three Years
No Overcharge Where Vacancy Rent Above $2,000
Landlord Can't Seal Tenant's Fireplace
Landlord Restored All But One Service
Landlord Can Replace Wall-Sleeve Air Conditioner
Landlord Can Block Tenant's Use of Roof
DHCR Must Reconsider Rent Overcharge Decision
Insufficient Proof of Substantial Rehabilitation
Landlord Can't Sue Tenant for Illegal Sublet
Nuisance Case Not Based on Any Lease Provision
No Proof Tenant Had Air Conditioner When Building Became Rent Stabilized
Initial MBR Order of Eligibility Needed
Landlord Didn't File Notice of Fuel Price Decrease
Building Part of Horizontal Multiple Dwelling
No Deregulation for Tenant Who Explained Nonfiling of Tax Returns
Landlord Can Substitute Electric Stoves for Gas Stoves
