July 2007
Default Method Used Where Tenant Was Illusory on Base Date
Tenant, Building Employee Prove Apartment Vacant on Base Date
Renewal Lease Must Start Later
Tenant Gets One-Year Renewal Lease Based on Landlord's Untimely Notice
Apartment Shareholder Proves Breach of Warranty of Habitability by Landlord Co-op
No Rewiring Required for Approval of Conversion to Electrical Submetering
Rockland County Water Testing Law Upheld
Tenant's Rent Frozen at Base Date Rent Due to No Lease
Landlord Claims Tenant Installed Iron Gate
Tenant Can Offset Rent by Difference Paid for Sublet When Apartment Was Uninhabitable
Tenant Evicted for Overcharging Subtenant
Court Vacates Prior Settlement Stating That Lofts Not Rent Stabilized
Landlord Can't Evict Elderly Tenant for Son's Illegal Drug Activity
Building Stairs Lacked Nonskid Surface
Landlord's Misstatement of Heating System's Age Delays Rent Hike
No Proof Landlord Knew About Condition That Caused Apartment Fire
Landlord Gets Rent Hike for All Tenants Who Had Leaks After Painting
Tenant Used Upstate House as Vacation Home
Occupant Claims She Was Tenant's 'Common Law Wife'
Tenant Waited Too Long to Claim Rent-Control Status
Tenants' Rents Reduced to $1 per Month After Chimney Collapses
HPD Violation Report Shows Apartment Lacked Heat, Hot Water
Weather Delay for Pointing Work Doesn't Excuse Apartment Leak Damage
Landlord Didn't Maintain Fireplace Chimney Services
Tenant's Daughter Gets Rent-Controlled Apartment
Tenant's Sister Can Seek Dismissal of Nonpayment Case
Long-Term Tenant Proves He Is Rent Controlled
Court Already Ruled Tenants Not Entitled to Renewal Lease
Son's Claim for Renewal Lease Was Premature
Landlord Can't Collect 2006 Fuel Cost Adjustment
MBR Increase Denied for Outstanding Building Violations
No MCI Rent Hike for Rear Yard Concrete Installation
Landlord Gets Rent Hike for Installing Required Water Valves
Certified Mail Receipt Proves Untimely Renewal Lease Offer
Temporary Rent Reduction to Offset Tax Abatement from MCI Rent Hike
HPD Already Ruled Tenant's Family Member Had No Pass-On Rights
Tenant's Son Entitled to Renewal Lease After Release from Prison
Tenant's Rent Increased to Level of Comparable Apartments
Former Illegal Subtenant Gets Deregulated Lease
Landlord Didn't Give Copy of Termination Notice to PHA
No Dishwasher Surcharge Where Prior Appliance Included in Rent
Tenants Get More Time to Appeal Nassau Rent Guidelines Challenge
Landlord Can Evict Tenant for Chronic Nonpayment of Rent
Landlord Gives Tenants Two Keys Under New Key Card System
Kitchen Cabinet Fell on Tenant
Prior Agreement to Settle Repair Issues by Arbitration Ruled Invalid
Tenant's Apartment Decontrolled More Than 45 Years Ago
Elderly Tenant Excused for Not Answering High-Rent Application
Wife Primarily Resided in Other Apartment with Husband and Son
Tenants Remain Rent Stabilized After Vacating Due to Partial Building Collapse
Formerly Rent-Stabilized Tenant Moved into Deregulated Apartment
Trial Must Determine If Landlord Can Maintain Eviction Proceeding
Prior Court Proceeding Didn't Resolve Overcharge Claim
Tenant Without Electricity for One Month
Request for Useful-Life Waiver Not Required
Dirty Compactor Rooms Not Minor Condition
Tax Records Show Tenant Not Subject to High-Rent Deregulation
Landlord Can Replace Elevator Operators with Doorman and Closed-Circuit TV
Landlord's Notice to Quit Didn't Notify Tenants of Consequences of Not Moving Out
Rent-Controlled Tenant Must Pay $5 Air Conditioner Surcharge
Late Renewal Lease Can't Start Until 90 Days After Offered
HPD Violations After Jan. 1, 2003, Irrelevant to 2004-05 MBR Cycle
