January 2019
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Eviction Proceeding Dismissed Because Lease Lacked Essential Terms
Trial Must Determine Whether Building Is Exempt from Rent Stabilization
DHCR Must Reconsider Triple Damages
Trial Must Determine If Tenant Engaged in Profiteering
NYCHA Tenant's Son Can't Get Apartment
Landlord's Notice of Lease Violation and Nuisance Was Vague and Defective
Broker Who Rented House to Tenant Not Entitled to Sales Commission When Tenant Bought House
Triple Damages and Rent Freeze Applied to Rent Overcharge
Landlord Claims Tenant Operated a Bakery in Her Apartment
Nontraditional Family Member Doesn't Prove He Lived with Tenant Before She Died
Court Limits Monthly Use and Occupancy Payment
Landlord Can't Get Back Rent Owed by Tenant from DSS
Deceased Tenant's Girlfriend Has No Claim on Prior Landlord-Tenant Settlement
Trial Must Determine Whether Nontraditional Family Member Can Get Apartment
Landlord Can't Evict Tenant Who Is the Victim of Domestic Violence
Apartment in Co-op Building Receiving J-51 Benefits Not Subject to Deregulation
Tenant's Housekeeper Didn't Prove Succession Rights
DHCR Increases Maximum Collectible Rent for Successor Tenant
Court Transfers Rent Overcharge and Improper Deregulation Claims to DHCR
Tenant of Cluttered Apartment May Be Disabled and Need Article 81 Guardian
Landlord Submitted Architect Statement That Violation Was Corrected
Replacement of Con Ed Steam Heat System Qualified as MCI
DHCR Delayed Effective Date of MCI Rent Hikes
DHCR Adds Mobilization Costs to Approved MCI Increase
CCTV Security System Qualifies as MCI
No Triple Damages for Overcharge Resulting from Rent Reduction Orders
Default Formula Applied to Set Base Date Rent
Landlord Must Refund $93,000 Overcharge Due to 1988 Rent Reduction Order
DHCR Disallowed Some Claimed IAI Costs Based on Inspection
Landlord Properly Reregulated Apartment
Tenant Gets 11 Percent Rent Abatement for Apartment Conditions
Landlord Must Pay for Damage to Tenant's Personal Property
Landlord Must Refund Overcharge with Triple Damages
Three-Family House Actually Contained Seven Dwelling Units
Trial Needed to Determine How Much Back Rent Guarantor Owed
Housing Court Can't Rule on Landlord's Claim for Additional Rent
Landlord's Illegal Sublet Claim Dismissed
Housing Court Can't Declare Preferential Rent Invalid
Tenant's Daughter Can't Pursue Renewal Lease Claim While Eviction Case Pending
Landlord Must Give Subtenant Rent-Stabilized Renewal Lease
Family Member Granted Pass-On Rights Can't Challenge Order Also Granting Succession to Others
Preferential Rent Charged to Tenant Was Initial Legal Regulated Rent
IAI Increase Approved for Building Wall to Divide Living Room
No Fraud Found in Connection with IAIs
Overcharge Resulted from Collection of Owner-Affiliated Broker's Fee
Transitional Housing for Homeless Families Not Subject to Rent Stabilization
Uneven Sidewalk Condition Was Minor
Standing Water in Meter Room Created Reduction in Services
Transfer of Garbage Cans to Basement Wasn't Reduction in Services
Rent Reduction Order Retroactive to Month After Landlord Gets Complaint
Landlord Didn't Restore Community Room
Rent Reduction for No Cooking Gas Revoked
On-Time Discount Rent Clause Is Invalid
Tenant's Roommate Didn't Prove Nontraditional Family Relationship
Tenant's Son Can't Get Rent-Stabilized Apartment
Landlord's Brownstone Stoop Work Didn't Qualify as MCI
Concrete Replacement Work Didn't Qualify as MCI
Useful Life of Prior Facade Work Didn't Matter
Landlord Can't Collect MCI Increase Until Rent Restoration Order Issued
Landlord Responsible for Tenant's Injury on Ice Outside Building
Apartment Was Rent Stabilized Despite Settlement Agreement to the Contrary
