June 2020
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Deregulation Order Nullified by Explanatory Addenda
Engineer Fees Included in MCI Increase for A/C System Installation
MCI Costs Can Include Labor Costs for Landlord's Contracting Company
Landlord Must Pay Relocation Stipend to Tenant Who Vacated Illegal Apartment
Preliminary Injunction Against Smoker Denied
Landlord Didn't Prove Building Was Substantially Rehabbed
No Substantial Rehab Where DOB Revoked Work Permit
Landlord Replaced Less Than 75 Percent of Building Systems
Rent Overcharge Resulted from 20-Year-Old Rent Reduction Order
Landlord Proved Rent Increase for IAIs
Apartment Was Deregulated When Prior Tenant Moved Out
Landlord Preserved Tenant's Legal Regulated Rent and Preferential Rent
Landlord Proved Apartment Was Vacancy Deregulated
Maximum Collectible Rent of Apartment Remained $75 per Month Since 1973
HSTPA Resulted in Termination of Remanded "LD" Proceeding
Tenant's Granddaughter Proves Succession Rights to Apartment
Prospect Seeks Return of $500 Broker Fee for Unrented Apartment
Daughter Didn't Prove Succession Rights to Rent-Stabilized Apartment
Court Upholds DHCR's Deregulation of Tenant's Apartment
Tenants' Three-Unit Buildings Weren't Part of HMD
Four-Year Lookback Applied to Overcharge Claim Pending When HSTPA Enacted
Court Reinstates Tenant's Overcharge Claim After Collazo Decision
DHCR Reasonably Relied on Landlord's Lower Commercial Space Allocation
Court Won't Reopen Overcharge Case for DHCR to Apply HSTPA Changes
Landlord Refused to Accept Large Packages of Electronics for Tenants
New Landlord Claims It's Not Responsible for Old Overcharge Finding
Landlord Brings Improper Proceeding Against Tenant's Children
Landlord Can't Prove Tenants Breached Court Stipulation Promising Not to Smoke
Four-Year Rule Applies to Overcharge Claims
Tenant's Daughter and Granddaughter Get Rent-Stabilized Apartment
Tenant's Sister-in-Law Gets Apartment as Nontraditional Family Member
Court Orders Joint Trial of Two Tenants Claiming Overcharge in 421-g Building
Landlord Can Eject Loft Tenant for Illegal Short-Term Sublets
Landlord Proved Apartment Was Vacancy Deregulated
Landlord Couldn't Prove Individual Apartment Improvements
Court Must Take Back Dismissed Rent Overcharge Case After Collazo Ruling
Was Landlord Responsible for Pedestrian's Slip-and-Fall Outside Building?
No Notice to Cure Needed Before Terminating for Profiteering
Tenants Forfeit Three-Month Security and Owe More for Damaging Apartment
NYCHA Sanctioned $1,000 for Altering Documents in Warrant Clerk's File
Landlord Can't Prove Building Was Substantially Rehabbed
Landlord Started Eviction Case in Retaliation for Tenant's Refusal to Pay Added Fees
Tenants Seeking Rent Stabilization Status Can Proceed with Class Action
Tenant's Daughter and Son-in-Law Can't Get Apartment
Disabled Tenant Given Probationary Stay as Reasonable Accommodation
Rent Overcharge Calculations in 421-g Case Must Follow Rule Set by Regina
On-Time Preferential Rent Provision in Lease Was Illegal
Eviction Case Against Shareholder Tenant Was Brought in Bad Faith
Landlord Didn't Give Former Tenant Itemized Statement of Damages
Landlord Can't Correct Room Count Errors in PAR
Landlord Didn't Have Trained Construction Supervisor on Site
Landlord Fined for Short-Term Rental for Nine Guests in Two-Family House
Landlord That Sublet to Corporate Residence Provider Responsible for Illegal Rentals
Landlord Did Electrical and Plumbing Work Without a Permit
Future Gas Connections Would Facilitate Illegal Gas Hookups
Security Deposit Vouchers Are a "Source of Income" Under NYC Law
Are Homeless Occupants in Scatter Site Program Rent-Stabilized Tenants?
Landlord Didn't Prove Apartment Was Used for Illegal Drug Trade
