July 2011
Tenant Awarded $600,000 for Trip and Fall
Apartment Windows Hard to Open and Close
Landlord Proved Leak Caused by Upstairs Tenant
Landlord Removed Snow from Sidewalk
Landlord Illegally Altered Two-Family House
Closing Community Room Wasn't Minor Service Reduction
Tenant Claims Landlord Agreed to Alterations
Landlord Can Collect Washing Machine Surcharge
Tenant Submitted Partial Answer in Deregulation Case
Tenant Breached Lease by Refusing to Recertify Income
Rent Overcharge Based on 1982 Rent Reduction Order
Landlord Claims Garbage Bags Belonged to Tenant
NYCHA's Decision to Ban Tenant's Grandson Ruled Unfair
Witness Must Explain Visting Nurse Service Records
Tenant Has Defense and Valid Excuse for Default
Month-to-Month Tenant Who Vacated Responsible for Full Month's Rent
Elevator MCI Included Plans and Specifications
Tenants Claim Sexual Harassment by Building Super
SCRIE Order Misstated Amount of Rent
Tenant Can Be Evicted for Chronic Nonpayment
New NYCHA Hearing Ordered on Pass-on Rights
Tenants Claim Unlawful Deregulation
Tenant Claims Rent Overcharge
Landlord Can't Sue Former Tenant for Additional Rent
Elimination of Live-in Super Isn't a Reduction of Services
Tenant Who Broke Lease Responsible for Rent
MCI Rent Hike for Defective Facade Work Revoked
Description of Apartment in Rent Demand Fatally Defective
Tenant Sues Landlord for Lack of Heat
NYCHA Tenant's Daughter Doesn't Prove Pass-on Rights
Termination Notice Invalid
New MCI Application Didn't Duplicate Prior MCI Granted
Tenant Can Deduct Overcharge from Monthly Rent
Landlord Violated J-51 Law and Local Law 10
Women's Shelter Operator Must Restore Tenant
Intruder Subject to Criminal Trespass
Tenant Claims Rent History Is Fraudulent
Tenant's Daughter Can't Get NYCHA Apartment
Subtenants Moved in After Deregulation
Landlord Cleared Class C Violations
Jammed Hallway Windows Not Minor Condition
Daughter Didn't Live with Tenant for Required Time Period
Utility Lines Installed Without Permit
Subtenant of Nonprofit Organization Not Rent Stabilized
Horizontal Multiple Dwelling Is Rent Stabilized
Wife's Income Added to Tenant's for Deregulation
Tenant Didn't Send Prior Notice Before Filing Complaint
No Attorney's Fees for Tenant in Dismissed Case
Rent Hike Granted for Plaza-Level Roof Installation
Is Landlord Responsible for Tenant's Injuries from Fire?
Tenants Can't Vacate Foreclosure Judgment for Lack of Notice
Removal of Illegal Room Partitions Reduced Services
Tenant's Default Excused in Deregulation Case
No Defect Found in Building Staircase
Pretrial Questioning of Landlord's Daughter Permitted
Court Increases Attorney's Fees to Tenant
Rent Frozen During Overcharge Period
Landlord Can't Collect Bedbug Extermination Surcharge
Refinished Apartment Floor Is Repair, Not Improvement
