July 2019
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Building Receiving 421-g Tax Benefits Not Subject to Luxury Deregulation
Change in Tenant's Corporate Entity Resulted in Vacancy Deregulation
Tenant's Claims Based on Secondhand Smoke Dismissed
Tenant Not Responsible for Subtenant's Slip-and-Fall
Triple Damages Imposed for Rent Overcharge
Change in Number of Units Without C of O Means Landlord Can't Collect Rent
Tenant Primarily Resided in Tennessee
Is Landlord Responsible for Property Damage Due to Bedbug Infestation?
Landlord Proved IAIs Resulted in Apartment's Vacancy Deregulation
Tenant Misrepresented Income and Family Composition Information
Tenant Entitled to Full Security Deposit Refund
Landlord Didn't Have to Name Tenant's Son as Party in Court Papers
Tenant Claims She's a Domestic Violence Victim
Prior Tenant Never Filed Fair Market Rent Appeal
Landlord Fined for Fire Code Violation Based on Transient Use of Apartments
Landlord Fined $60,000 for Illegally Altering Two-Family Dwelling to Six Units
Landlord Fined $22,500 for Transient Occupancy in Residential Building
Landlord Fined $12,850 for Transient Use of Apartment
Landlord Fined $800 for Installing Canopy and Awning Without DOB Permits
Rent-Controlled Apartment Not Subject to Luxury Deregulation After J-51 Benefits Expired
Deregulation Application for 2016 Denied Based on Ruling that Denied 2015 Application
No MCI Increase for One Rent-Stabilized Apartment in Substantially Rehabbed Building
Landlord Can Collect MCI Rent Increase While Building Gets J-51 Tax Benefits
Painting of New Garage Disallowed from Approved MCI Costs
No Timely Fair Market Rent Appeal Filed to Challenge Decontrolled Rent
Landlord Submitted Sufficient Proof of IAIs
Rent-Stabilized Lease Provision for "On-Time Discount" Was Void
DHCR Set First Rent for Former Professional Unit Using Comparability Data
Landlord Must Refund Overcharge to Complaining Tenant Where Co-Tenant Made No Claim
Rent Reduction Order Froze Collectible Rent at Preferential Rent
DHCR Must Reconsider Whether Apartment Was Deregulated
Fair Market Rent Appeal Was Untimely
Rent-Stabilized Apartment Was Improperly Deregulated
Interest Applies to Rent Overcharge Finding, Even If Overcharge Not Willful
Rent Reduction Ordered for Reduced Hot Water Based on HPD Violations
Landlord Can Raise Rent-Controlled Tenant's Rent for First-Time Painting
Tenant's Daughter Gets Rent-Stabilized Apartment
Rent Overcharge Resulted from 1989 Rent Reduction Order
Tenant Moved to Deregulated Apartment in Landlord's Other Building
Ex-Husband Hid Divorce and Tenant's Move-out from Landlord for 20 Years
Landlord Held in Contempt with Daily Fines for Lead Paint Violations
Tenant Gets Attorney Fees Where Landlord Produced Contrary Lease Rider Too Late
Mitchell-Lama Co-op Tenant's Sister Can't Get Apartment
Does Tenant's Service Dog Pose Threat to Staff and Other Tenants?
Useful Life of Prior Boiler/Burner Didn't Matter
MCI Increase Granted for Air Conditioning Chiller System
Kitchen Floor Remained Unleveled After Repairs
Landlord Replaced Apartment Door to Garage Roof with Windows
Isolated Stains on Common Area Carpeting Don't Warrant Rent Reduction
Landlord Must Post Access Information for Building's Handicap Lift
Stairway/Landing Conditions Weren't Minor
Construction Next Door Reduced Light and Air in Units
Tenant Can't Prove Upstairs Tenant Made Excessive Noise
Tenant Gets Attorney's Fees After Landlord Discontinues Eviction Case
Tenant Presents No Potential Defense to Vacate Default in Eviction Case
Landlord Proves Tenant Spent Most of Her Time at Bronx House
Tenant's Unnotarized Affirmation Was Defective
Does Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Daughter Have Succession Rights?
Landlord Can Seek Eviction of Loft Tenant Due to Chronic Nonpayment of Rent
