January 2024
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Tenant Included No Overcharge Claim with His Lease Violation Complaint
Court Finds DHCR Negligent for Not Timely Processing 2016 Deregulation Application
Rent Reduction Proceeding Reopened Due to DHCR's Failure to Serve Co-op Unit Owner
Is Ramp Installation to Accommodate Disabled Tenant Infeasible at Building?
New Owner Seeking Eviction Didn't Show Prior Owner Was in Occupancy under Expired Agreement
Overcharge Resulted from Misinterpretation of Apartment Status While J-51 Tax Benefits in Effect
Rent-Stabilized Renewal Lease Offer Without Previously Included Preferential Rent Was Improper
Landlord Didn't Show Tenant's Basement Apartment Was Illegally Occupied
Landlord Can't Prove HPD Violation of Illegal Basement Apartment Was for Tenant's Unit
Termination Notice Listed Incorrect Name for Tenant
Managing Agents Couldn't Prove They Had No Control over Property at Time of Violations
Was Rent Concession Granted to Initial 421-a Building Tenants Instead an Improper Preferential Rent?
Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Niece Proves Succession Rights as Nontraditional Family Member
Court Must Determine Whether Martin Act Applies to Eviction Case Against Subtenant
Owners Can Be Held Responsible for Broker's Source of Income Discrimination Against Prospective Tenant
Tenant Receiving DRIE Benefits Exempted from Payment of MCI Rent Increase
MCI Increase Granted for Exterior Restoration Work
MCI Application Denied Due to Outstanding Building-Wide Rent Reduction Order
DHCR Reclassifies Formerly Hotel-Stabilized Building
DHCR Permission to Amend Initial Rent Registration Limited to Correction of Ministerial Errors
Landlord Can Remove Apartment's Obsolete Rear-Entry Door
Landlord Didn't Prove Apartment Was Vacancy Deregulated
Landlord Failed to Prove Building Was Substantially Rehabbed
DHCR Won't Consider Succession Claim of Tenant's Son Raised for the First Time on Appeal
Triple Damages on $96,000 Overcharge Revoked
Landlord Collected Reduced Rent Payment from Tenant Who Got DRIE Benefits
Tenant Proved Succession Rights to Mother's Rent-Stabilized Apartment
DHCR Won't Consider Rent History Records Submitted by Landlord for First Time on Appeal
Landlord Proved Cost of Individual Apartment Improvements
New City Law Permits Complaints About Unoccupied Apartments with Potential for "B" or "C" Violations
Governor Approves Legislative Amendments to Rent Regulatory Law with Proviso
Tenant Entitled to Attorney's Fees After Nonprimary Residence Action Dismissed
Court Upholds HPD's Addition of Landlord's Building to CONH Pilot Program Building List
HPD Reasonably Added Landlord's Building to CONH Pilot Program Building List
Court Finds It Can Decide Rent Overcharge Questions Despite Pending DHCR Complaint
Intercom Worked But Had Been Modified Without Prior DHCR Approval
Termination Notice Didn't Set Grounds for Termination Landlord Claimed in Court
Wife of Former Mitchell-Lama Tenant Retained Succession Rights
Document Production by Landlords in Overcharge Case Limited to Four-Year Lookback Period
January 2024 Insights
