June 2002
Tenant Can Conduct Pretrial Questioning of Landlord
Landlord Can't Backdate Lease
Landlord Can Move Storage Area to Basement
DRA Didn't Add MCI Increase to Prior Tenant's Rent
Building Not Registered with HPD
New Landlord Bound by Prior Agreement with Tenant
Report of Decontrol Issued in 1975
Labor Cost for Former Employee Included
Landlord Claims Tenant Was Mistakenly Charged Lower Rent
Tenant Had Dog for Seven Years
No Liability for Dog Bite
Noisy Tenant Breached Settlement Agreement
Cost of Window Screen Installation Included
Tenant Gets Abatement for Lead Condition
Apartment Safe Despite Broken Water Pipe
Occupant Qualifies as Nontraditional Family Member of Deceased Rent-Controlled Tenant
Child Assaulted in Vestibule
Executrix of Tenant's Estate Has no Right to Apartment After End of Lease
Tenant's Apartment Flooded from Laundry Machine in Upstairs Apartment
Landlord Can Recover Apartment for Son's Use
Tenant Bound by Settlement Agreement
Public Housing Tenant Didn't Get Landlord's OK to Leave Granddaughter in Apartment
Occupant Can't Get Rent-Controlled Apartment
Landlord Didn't Offer Renewal Lease to Tenant
Lease Never Signed
Landlord Can't Evict Hotel Tenant for Not Renewing Lease
Tenant Claims Repairs Done Improperly
Landlord Installed Three Radiator Covers in Tenant's Apartment
New Telephone/Intercom System
Tenant Can't Vacate Judgment
Tenant Entitled to Rent Abatement for Partial Eviction
Cost of Delivery, Installation, and Sales Tax for Air Conditioner Included
Tenant Refused to Sign Prior Renewal Lease Offered by Landlord
New Fuel Storage Tank
Tenant Must Pay Use and Occupancy
Landlord Can't Accelerate Warrant
Electricity Included in Section 8 Tenant's Rent
Landlord Can Collect Vacancy Increase Despite Rent Reduction Order
Painting Is Ordinary Repair
Moisture in Apartment
Landlord Didn't Prove When Comparable Apartment Became Rent Stabilized
Landlord Mistakenly Calculated Lower MBR
Warrant Delayed
Rent Demand Not Issued by Landlord or Agent
Landlord Didn't Sign and Date Lease Offered to Tenant
Lease Didn't Obligate Landlord to Buy Tenant's Furnishings
Corrected Items Shouldn't Have Been Reinspected
Vacancy Allowance Not Permitted for Alleged Roommate
Tenant Was Overcharged for Garage Space
Month-to-Month Tenant Entitled to Return of Deposit
Landlord Unreasonably Withheld Consent to Sublet
Landlord Didn't Violate Fair Housing Act
Cost of Replacing Gas Pipe Lines Included
Hearing Required on Tenant's Fraud Claim
Puddles on Terrace
SRO Tenant Has Right to Sublet
No Triple Damages
Notice to Cure Not Required
Application Doesn't Adequately Describe Work
Complaint Converted to Fair Market Rent Appeal
Hearing on Delivery of Court Papers Ordered
Tenant Corrected Illegal Sublet
Landlord Didn't Accept Occupant as Tenant
Landlord Didn't Start Case on Time
Kitchen Cabinets Repaired
Nonrenewal Notice Contained Enough Facts
Electrical Capacity Increased
Month-to-Month Tenant Must Pay Back Rent Owed
Building Converted to Co-op
Landlord Corrected Outstanding Violations
MBR Notices Not Sent to Tenant
Corporate Lease Didn't Identify Individual to Occupy Apartment
Doorman Service Reduced
