June 2014
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Is Landlord Responsible for Child's Fall from Staircase?
Tenant Who Took Rent Credits Can't Seek Prejudgment Interest
Tenant with Vacation and Winter Homes Retained Primary Residence at Apartment
Landlord Improperly Terminated Tenant's Rent Subsidy
Tenant Injured by Scalding Water While Taking Shower
Triple Damages Applied to Willful Rent Overcharge
Tenant's Wife Seeks NYCHA Apartment
Evicted Housing Advocate Sues NYC Police for Rights Violations
Landlord That Sought Rent Didn't Violate FDCPA
Tenant Violated TRO Barring Guests in Her Absence
Tenant Doesn't Prove Second Dog Needed to Accommodate Disability
Tenant's Discrimination Claim Dismissed
Tenant Caused His Own Injury on Fire Escape
Landlord Mistakenly Failed to Collect Lease Renewal Increase
Tenant Wasn't Rent Stabilized Until 421-a Tax Benefits Took Effect
Landlord Didn't Overcharge Section 8 Tenant
No Attorney's Fees for Tenant in Rent Overcharge Case
Late Registration Didn’t Matter Where Lawful Rent Collected
Son Also Claims Succession Rights After Daughter Gets Apartment
Tenant's Grandson Gets Apartment After J-51 Benefits Expire
Tenant Didn't Have Authorized Use of Dumbwaiter
Tenant's Brother Gets Rent-Controlled Apartment
"C" Violations Removed Before MCI Increase Granted
Rent Hike Revoked Based on Immediately Hazardous Violations
Landlord's Demolition Application Denied
Landlord Fined for Unnecessary Fire Alarms
Landlord Fined for Uncovered Garbage Cans
Tenant Padlocked Security Gate on Second Apartment Door
Unlawful Conversion of Two-Family Dwelling to SROs
Landlord Didn't File Report of Backflow Prevention Device Installation
DHCR Inspection Finds No Lead Paint Dust in Apartment
Rent Hike Granted for Hallway Carpeting Replacement
Landlord Didn't Fix Garage Ceiling Leak
"C" Violations Corrected Before MCI Increase Granted
Landlord Claims Apartment Was Deregulated
Rent Demand Didn't Provide Good Faith Statement of Rent Due
Eviction Case Stayed Pending Outcome of Criminal Case
Subtenant Not Responsible for Attorney's Fees
Landlord Didn't Prove Tenant Violated Agreement to Clean Apartment
Two Accidental Sink Overflows Didn't Amount to Nuisance
Successor Tenant Not Responsible for Back Rent Predating His Lease
Tenant Didn't Owe Back Rent for Period There Was No Lease
Tenant Can Vacate Settlement Agreement
Tenant's Son Can't Get NYCHA Apartment
Landlord Didn't Send Tenant Notice to Cure Bedbug Infestation
Four Nonpayment Cases in Four Years Wasn't Chronic Nonpayment
Tenant's Trust Income Was Above Deregulation Threshold
Tenant Didn't Answer Deregulation Application
No MCI Increase for Architect Fees Associated with Roof Installation
CCTV Security System Didn't Cover All Access Doorways
NYCHA Tenant Didn't Bar Son from Apartment as Agreed
Tenant Violated Ruling to Keep Sex Offender Out of Apartment
NYCHA Tenant's Fiance Can't Get Apartment
Landlord Not Responsible for Child's Injury on Fence
Insufficient Proof of Slip Hazard in Building Hallway
Hallway Light Fixtures Didn't Qualify as MCI
Landlord Won't Allow Tenant to Sublet Garage Space
Laundry Room Inaccessible
Rent Reduced for Insufficient Heat
Tenant Gets 80 Percent Rent Abatement for Uncorrected Violations
