July 2014
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Tenant Can't Vacate Settlement Agreement
Landlord Must Sue Tenant's Estate to Evict Deceased Tenant's Son
Was Landlord Responsible for Tenant's Slip and Fall on Icy Landing?
Tenant's Fraud Claim Insufficient to Thwart Four-Year Rule
Landlord Can't Remove Tenants' Association from Community Room
Were Short-Term Stays Profiteering by Tenant?
Tenant's Household Income Below Deregulation Threshold
No DTF Records Match Tenant's Tax Returns
DHCR Dismisses Landlord's Deregulation Application as Moot
Landlord Can Pave Part of Backyard to Create Driveway
Landlord Submitted Sufficient Proof of Apartment Improvements
Triple Damages Applied Where No Proof of Improvements' Cost
Tenant Given Chance to Cure Objectionable Conduct Post-Trial
Landlord Not Responsible for Attack in Tenant's Apartment
Landlord Had No Notice of Lead Paint Condition
Tenant Abandoned Claim Against Landlords by Failing to Seek Default Judgment
Landlord Must Refund Commingled Security Deposit
Co-op Tenant Can't Stop Eviction by Separate Court Action
No MCI Rent Hike for Storm Doors
Landlord Gets MCI Increase for Labor and Contractor Fee
No MCI Increase for Incomplete Roof Replacement
Landlord's Luxury Deregulation Application Dismissed as Incomplete
Landlord Didn't Identify Preferential Rent in Vacancy Lease
Landlord's Fraud Results in $332,000 Overcharge
Landlord Must Add Tenant's Husband to Lease
Landlord Can't Deem Renewal Lease Under Amended Rent Stabilization Code
No MCI Increase for Circuit Breakers
Roberts Ruling Applied Retroactively to Declare Tenant Rent Stabilized
Two-Unit Building Was Part of Horizontal Multiple Dwelling
Post-Conversion Co-op Subtenant Not Subject to Rent Stabilization
Building Contains Six Units, Not Four
Landlord Fined for Ice on Sidewalk
Landlord Fined for Unseparated Recyclables
Landlord Fined for Sprinkler System Violations
Landlord Fined for Blocked Fire Escape Window
Cellar Used as Recreation Room in Violation of C of O
Receiver Not Responsible for Basement Oil Spill
NYCHA Tenant's Daughter Gets Apartment
Landlord Gets Attorney's Fees Despite Cure by Tenant
Landlord Can't Base Second Eviction Proceeding on Same Nonrenewal Notice
HPD Improperly Terminated Tenant's Rent Subsidy
Was Landlord Responsible for Slip and Fall on Stairs?
Tenant's Appeal of NYCHA Eviction Decision Filed Too Late
NYCHA Improperly Terminated Tenancy Based on Son's Appearance at Apartment
Successor Tenant Not Responsible for Back Rent
Five Days Must Be Added to 10-Day Cure Notice That's Sent by Mail
Landlord Not Responsible for Tenant's Slip and Fall
Tenant Must Submit to Independent Medical Exam
Landlord's Termination Notice Didn't State Enough Facts
Was Lease Signed by 17-Year-Old Valid?
Tenant's Sister Claims Succession Rights
Tenant Let Grandson into Apartment in Violation of Agreement
Tenant Maintained Primary Residence Despite Extended Absences
Rent Demand Defective
Roof Installation Was Incomplete and Defective
Landlord Proved Individual Apartment Improvements
Facade Renovations Didn't Excuse Balcony and Window Conditions
Tenant Had No Proof of Answering Deregulation Application
Tenant Who Was Previously Registered Is Rent Stabilized
Tenant Is Subject to Rent Control
