June 2009
Landlord Can't Collect MCI Rent Hike
Was Apartment Tenant's Primary Residence?
Landlord's Disability Doesn't Excuse Dirty Sidewalk
Landlord Can Evict Tenant to Demolish Building
Tenant Is Rent Controlled
Time Limit Bars Use of Rent Registration on Preferential Rent Claim
Son Can't Get Rent-Controlled Apartment
Increase Granted for Repiping, Bathroom and Kitchen Modernization
Landlord Waived Renewal Increase
Tenant Didn't Deny Heat and Hot Water Restored
Landlord Not Responsible for Subtenant's Attack on Other Tenant
Tenant's Life Partner Gets Apartment
Tenants Responsible for Separating Recyclables
Additional Occupant Was Tenant's Family Member
Termination Notice Fatally Defective
Minor Errors in J-51 Riders Didn't Invalidate Deregulation
Illegible Landlord Signature Doesn't Invalidate Nonrenewal Notice
Landlord Not Responsible for Trash Left Out for Collection
Improvements Made More Than Four Years Before Overcharge Complaint
New Trial Needed on Landlord's Illegal Alterations Claim
Apartment Deregulated Even Though Landlord Charged Less Than $2,000 per Month
Tenant Had No Excuse for Default in Deregulation Proceeding
$9,000 Labor Charges Includable in MCI Rent Hike
Did Tenant's Son Live in Apartment for Two Years Before Tenant Vacated?
Itemization of Apartment Improvements Not Required
Four-Year Time Limit Not Triggered by ICF or High-Rent/High Income Petition
Bathroom Door Removed
Landlord Files New Demolition Application After First One Denied
Tenant's Filthy Apartment Created Nuisance
Landlord Can Discontinue Tenant's Exclusive Use of Roof
New Landlord Not Bound by Rent Concession Agreement
Landlord Can Collect Longevity and Two Vacancy Increases During One Year
MCI Rent Increase Granted for Elevator Upgrade
NYCHA Didn't Set Tenant's Rent After HUD Rent Ended
Landlord Changed Intercom System
Elimination of Courtyard Not Minor
Landlord Didn't Discriminate Against Tenants with Dog
Tenant Proves Primary Residence
Landlord Added Illegal SRO Units to One-Family House
Tenant Can't Raise Unrelated Claim
Tenant Can't Vacate Settlement Agreement
Landlord's High-Rent/High-Income Petition Defective
HPD Sets New Rent for Tenant
Landlord Didn't Send Cure Notice
Landlord Can't Replace Trash Cans with Compactor Chute
Second Rent Reduction Order Not Based on Same Conditions
Tenant's Estate Needn't Be Named in Eviction Case Against Tenant's Son
Removal of Four Square Feet from Apartment Not Minor
Landlord Can't Evict Tenant for Nonpayment of Air Conditioner Fees
Tenants Not Notified of Settlement Agreement
Former Tenant's Claim for Mold Condition Not Untimely
Traverse Hearing Required
Tenant Can Videotape Pretrial Questioning of Landlord
Maximum Base Rent Never Set for Rent-Controlled Tenant
Former Landlord Became Rent-Stabilized Tenant
Landlord Didn't Waive MCI Increase
Commercial Tenants Benefit Indirectly from Elevator Upgrade
No Proof of Owner Occupancy on Base Date
Landlord Converted Apartment to Four Illegal SRO Units
Tenant's Grandson Neither Rent Controlled nor Rent Stabilized
