March 1998
Landlord Used Paper Bags as Garbage Receptacles
Typographical Error Not Willful
Landlord Can Replace Manually Operated Elevator with Automatic Elevator
Tenant Can't Challenge 1985 Rent Increase
Landlord Can't Recover Second Apartment
Laundry Room Hours Reduced
Tenant Didn't Pay Use and Occupancy
Landlord Must Accept Late Lease
Landlord Sprinkled Sidewalk with ‘White Sand' to Melt Ice
Landlord Liable for Lead Poisoning
Tenant Claims Fence Is Required
Abatement Awarded for No Heat
Two Violations Issued on Different Dates
Boiler Room Not Accessible
Tenant Can't Vacate Default
Landlord Claims Tenant Caused Fire
Tenant Can't File
Invoice Didn't Specify Apartment Numbers
Tenant Didn't Prove How Assailant Entered Building
Rear Exit Windows Barred by Locked Gate
Labor Costs
Tenants Maintained Enough Connections to Apartment
Visitor Fell on Stairs in Apartment
Tenant Didn't Substantially Breach Agreement
First Rent-Stabilized Tenant Acknowledged Receipt of DC-2 Notice
Deregulation Clause in Renewal Lease Inadequate
Landlord Didn't Start Case on Time
Notice to Cure Not Required
Jury Waiver Clause Applies to Eviction Case Based on Nuisance
Court Looks at Rent Registration in Effect Four Years Before Tenant Complained
Landlord Can't Join Upstairs Neighbor in Case
Subtenants Can't Claim Landlord Collected Overcharge from Tenant
Landlord Accepted Rent After Sending Termination Notice
Tenants Claimed Landlord Provided Excessive Heat
Trial Required on Whether Apartment Was Rented as Commercial Unit
Landlord Can't Get Rent Deposit
Rent Credit to Tenant for Making Repairs
Tenant Didn't Agree to Corrected Lease
Replacement of Interior Doors
Apartment Vacant for 10 Years
Four-Year Time Limit Doesn't Apply Until Landlord Files Initial Rent Registration
Landlord Can't Split Rent Due to Qualify for Small Claims Court
Four-Year Time Limit Bars Review of Prior Rent History
Landlord Can't Change Rent Amount Due to Mistake
Warrant Permanently Delayed
Single Sale of Drugs Not Enough for Eviction
Tenant Can't Challenge First Rent
Lease Period Missing
Rent-Impairing Violations on Building
Tenant Restored to Possession After Paying Rent Due
Subtenants Can't Challenge Land-lord's Denial of Permission to Sublet
Tenant's Accountant Didn't Submit Income Form on Time
Worn Enamel on Bathtub
Tenant Didn't Respond to DHCR Notice
Landlord Can't Use Prior Commercial Rent to Calculate Base Rent
Removal of Lobby Furniture Not Minor
Tenant Had Right to File
Trial Required on Tenant's Intent to Return
Cost of New Basement Window
Landlord Properly Rejected Tenant's Sublet Request
Amount of Overcharge Limited to Past Four Years
Tenant's Alterations Violated Lease
No First Rent for Eliminating Closet
Tenants Didn't Raise Existence of Violations Before the DRA
Tenant's Sister Moved in After Tenant Vacated
Two Adjoining Buildings Don't Have Enough Common Facilities
