March 2008
Settlement Signed by Tenant and Guardian Is Binding
Tenant Sought Removal of Water Meter Encasement
No Rent Hike for Poor Quality Roof Installation and Window Sills
Partial Roof Work Qualifies as Exterior Restoration MCI
Landlord Entity Correctly Identified
Credit Against Future Rent Not Overcharge Refund
Owner Responsible for Refunding Fair Market Rent Appeal Award
Tenant Seeks Attorney's Fees in Overcharge Proceeding
Claimed Apartment Improvements Were Only Repairs
Two-Family House Not Part of Horizontal Multiple Dwelling
No 1/40th Rent Hike Allowed Where Tenant Not Given Lease
Condo Owner Can't Block Antenna Installation in Common Area
Tenant Not Entitled to Security Deposit Refund
Prior Pointing Work Done Less Than 15 Years Earlier
Tenant's Guardian Not Liable for Attorney's Fees
Landlord Can't Evict Co-op Tenant to Get Attorney's Fees
Landlord Entitled to Attorney's Fees
Landlord's Attempts to Fix Boiler Insufficient
Landlord Can't Reduce Doorman Hours
No Waiver of Air Conditioner Surcharge Under Rent Control
Condo Tenant Didn't Exercise Renewal Option in Time
Tenant Who Can't Pay Back Rent Can't Delay Eviction
Tenant's Father Didn't Prove He Lived with Tenant
Insufficient Proof of Chipped or Broken Stairwell Step
Insufficient Proof Occupant Was Tenant's Remaining Family Member
Private Organization Can Sue to Evict Nuisance Tenant
Loft Board Included Appliance Surcharge in Tenant's First Rent
No Proof Apartment Decontrolled in 1954
Request for Guardian Denied in Tenant Nuisance Case
Family Members Didn't Prove They Lived with NYCHA Tenant
Tenants Claim New Boiler Gave Inadequate Heat
Husband Entitled to Remain as Rent-Stabilized Tenant
Landlord Proves Building Exempt Based on Substantial Rehab
Landlord's CEO Must Pay Building Violation Fines
Landlord Must Restore Terrace Awning
Lease Doesn't Subject Unregulated Apartment to Stabilization
Tenant Can Repay Revoked Overcharge Refund Over 48 Months
Subtenant Claims Illusory Tenancy
Landlord Can Convert to Individual Metering
Landlord Must Refund $138,000 to Tenant
Landlord Was Notified of Tenant Claims
No Proof of Illusory Tenancy
Partial Gas Repiping Is Repair, Not MCI
Tenant's Son Doesn't Prove Pass-On Rights
Tenant Excused for Not Answering Deregulation Application
Tenant's Roommate Not Entitled to Tenant's Overcharge Refund
DHCR Won't Rule on Whether Apartment Was Decontrolled
Proof of Improvements Insufficient
Building Has Seven Apartments, Not Five
Landlord Notified DRA of Repairs Too Late
Landlord Can Charge Regulated Rent Instead of Preferential Rent
Is J-51 Building Subject to Stabilization and Deregulation?
No Deregulation for Tenant Who Didn't Pay N.Y. Taxes
Tenant's Granddaughter Claims Pass-On Rights After Fire
Tenants' Storage Space No Longer Required Service
No Proof of High-Rent Deregulation on Base Date
No Proof Landlord Paid Super More Than Regular Salary
Mansard Work Didn't Qualify as MCI
Triple Damages Imposed Despite Landlord's Ignorance of Stabilized Status
Tenant Paid Most of Back Rent Owed
Landlord Didn't Attach ICF to Deregulation Application
Landlord Married to Contractor Who Did Apartment Improvements
Landlord Waited Too Long to Claim Apartment Illegally Altered
Landlord-Tenant Agreement to Waive Rent Stabilization Violates Public Policy
No Time Limit for Claiming Pass-On Rights
Lead Paint Poisoning May Not Be Sole Cause of Child's Injuries
Increase Denied Due to Hazardous Violations
