June 2019
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Is Landlord Responsible for Window Falling on Tenant's Hand?
40-Year Lease for Corporate Tenant Without Named Occupant in Rent-Stabilized Unit Was Void
Landlord Can't Get Loft Tenant's Juror Records
Landlord Can't Collect Unpaid Rent from Tenants
Pre-Trial Questioning Permitted to Determine Whether Apartment Was Properly Deregulated
Landlord's Lease Nonrenewal Notice Stated Sufficient Grounds for Eviction Case
Tenant Didn't Commit Nuisance by Cooking Lunches for Sale Outside Building
Building's Sixth Unit, Claimed Commercial, Was Used for Residential Purposes
Landlord Can't Evict Tenant for Unauthorized Alterations That Were Curable
Rent Abatement of 85 Percent Reduced Substantially by Appeals Court
When Did Tenant Who Died in Nursing Home Permanently Vacate Apartment?
Acceptance of Lease Renewal Offer by Tenant Waived Prior Lease Nonrenewal Notice
Building Was Rent Stabilized Due to Sixth Apartment in Basement
Illegal Sublet Claim Dismissed
Tenant Cured Lease Violation by Getting Rid of Two Pit Bulls
MCI Rent Hike Granted for Heat and Gas Risers
Asbestos Removal Required During Removal of Old Roof
MCI Rent Hike for Roof and Facade Work Included Cost of Asbestos Removal
DHCR Approved Change of Stove from Gas to Electric
DHCR Approves Replacement of Bell/Buzzer Intercom with Modern System
Landlord's Demolition Application Reopened
Landlord Can Take Tenant Photographs for Key Card System
Landlord Can Switch from Electrical Inclusion to Exclusion from Rent
Rent Overcharge for Storage Fee
Landlord Didn't Prove Lease Listed Both Legal Regulated Rent and Preferential Rent
Landlord Fined $7,500 for Facade Violations
Landlord Fined for Evidence of Rats in Garbage Area
Landlord Responsible for Clearing Litter from Sidewalk
Landlord Fined $500 for Not Filing Timely BPD Test Report
Landlord Fined over $50,000 for Illegal Conversion of Two-Family House
Landlord Couldn't Support 49-Year Longevity Increase Claim
Overcharge Finding Based on 2002 Rent Reduction Order Goes Back Only Four Years
No Rent Overcharge Found After Rent Arrears Considered
Landlord Didn't Waive Right to Collect Retroactive MCI Rent Hike
Rent Overcharge of $170,000 Found Under Default Formula
DHCR Inspection Showed None of the Claimed IAIs Were Done
Base Date Rent Set by Default Formula
Overcharge Resulted from Charging 1/40th IAI Rent Increase, Instead of 1/60th
Triple Damages Applied to Overcharge Based on Disallowed IAI Costs
Tenant Overcharged for Ancillary Parking Space
Conditions Claimed by Tenant Didn't Breach Warranty of Habitability
Tenant's Harassment Claim Against Landlord Dismissed
Rent-Stabilized Apartment Incorrectly Identified as Co-op Unit
Tenant Gets 15 Percent Rent Abatement for Period Without Gas
Neighboring Owners' Challenge to Opening of Homeless Shelter Denied
Landlord Vitiated Termination Notice by Accepting Rent Before Starting Eviction Case
Landlord's Termination Notice Was Defective
No Proof of Profiteering by Tenant
Tenant Must Pay Post-Petition Use and Occupancy While Eviction Case Pending
Default Judgment Against Tenant Should Have Been Vacated Unconditionally
Landlord Not Responsible for Dog Bite by Tenant's Dog
HPD Reasonably Ruled that Housing Applicant Was Over-Income
Neither Landlord Nor Tenant Responsible for Tenant's Dog Bite
Is Landlord Responsible for Tenant's Slip-and-Fall on Icy Steps?
Co-op Can Evict Shareholder Tenant Due to Cluttered Apartment
Tenant's Failure to Answer Deregulation Application Excused
Landlord Didn't Prove Tenant Had Roommate Whose Income Was Relevant to Deregulation Determination
Tenant Complains First-Floor Medical Office Buzzed in Visitors Without Screening
Landlord Can't Evict Tenant Who Got Rent Subsidy Reinstated
Landlord Not Responsible for Tenant's Slip-and-Fall on Lobby Step
Unit That Had Been Owner-Occupied Not Subject to Fair Market Rent Appeal
