March 2017
Download The Full Issue
| LVT_2017_03_Final.pdf | 292.89 KB |
Tenant's Failure to Answer Luxury Deregulation Application Excused
Architect Fees for Work Related to MCIs Disallowed
Rent Hike for Bathroom Modernization Granted Even Though Tenants Denied Access
Landlord Can't Prove Apartment Became Deregulated After 1993 Fire
Rent-Controlled Apartment Can't Get Deregulated After J-51 Benefits Expire
Apartment Wasn't Rent Stabilized After Owner Occupancy
DHCR Default Formula Applied to Set Base Date Rent
Landlord Refunded Overcharge and Filed Missing Registrations
Landlord and Tenant Disagree on Whether Rent Was Frozen
DHCR Must Re-examine Overcharge Claim for Fraud
Friend Who Moved Back in with Tenant Didn't Prove Succession Rights
Child's Cognitive Impairment Wasn’t Caused by Lead Paint Exposure
Apartment Became Subject to Deregulation After J-51 Tax Benefits Ended
Tenant's Granddaughter Can't Get NYCHA Apartment
NYC Water Board's 2017 Rate Increase and One-Time Credit Annulled
Was Landlord Responsible for Attack on Tenant's Daughter?
Landlord Not Responsible for Tenant's Burn Injury
Tenant Must Pay for Repair When He Caused Condition
Landlord Can Return to Court If Bedbug Treatment Tenant Requested Doesn’t Work
Did Landlord Fraudulently Deregulate Apartment?
Rent Reduction for Minor Condition Tenants Didn't Complain About Was Revoked
DHCR Won't Consider Complaint of Tenant Who Already Started Court Case
Landlord Didn't Answer Rent Overcharge Complaint
DHCR Must Apportion Overcharge Award Between Tenant and SCRIE Program
Landlord Didn't Raise Judicial Sale Claim Before the DRA
Landlord Submitted Sufficient Proof of Individual Apartment Improvements
Potential Gas Leak for New Boiler Corrected Quickly
Rent Hike Disallowed for Work Performed Without a Contract
Landlord Can't Discontinue Laundry Service Provided by Contractor
Landlord Changed Heat Delivery System Without DHCR Approval
Landlord Didn't Maintain Smoke and CO Detectors in Public Areas
Landlord Relocated Laundry Rooms to Basement Without DHCR Approval
Landlord Had No Acceptable Proof of Individual Apartment Improvements
Landlord Properly Collected Renewal Lease Increases
Rent of Stabilized Tenant Who Was Given No Lease Was Properly Set
Trial Needed on Whether Deceased Tenant’s Son Was Disabled and Entitled to Succession
Apartments Occupied by Nonprofit Without Sublet to Affiliated Tenants Not Exempt from Stabilization
Tenant Can't Evict Her Sister Since There's No Landlord-Tenant Relationship
Building Was Converted from Commercial to Residential in 1999
Tenant Unlawfully Evicted Must Be Restored to Possession
Landlord Can Deduct Cost of Trash Removal from Security Deposit
Tenant Didn't Receive J-51 Rider with Every Renewal Lease
Tenant Must Refund $54,000 Overcharge to Subtenant
Rent-Controlled Tenant Not Subject to Deregulation After J-51 Benefits End
Was Landlord Responsible for Tenant's Fall on Front Steps?
No Illusory Tenancy Found in Connection with Tenant's Illegal Sublet
Landlord Properly Evicted Apartment Visitor
Landlord's Claim of Illegal Subletting Wasn't Supported by Allegation of Facts
Tenant Didn't Prove Neighbor's Dog Was Vicious
Modification of Existing Sprinkler System Didn't Qualify as MCI
New Security Cameras Qualify as MCI
Replacement of Intercom System Requires Telephone Landlines
Work Relating to Penthouse Addition Disallowed in Connection with Roof MCI
Loft Building Was Rent Stabilized by Time MCI Application Was Filed
Tenant's Failure to Verify Income Before Rent Administrator Excused
Building Was Rent Stabilized Due to Illegal Sixth Apartment
Landlord's Notices of Illegal Sublet Were Insufficient to Support Eviction Petition
Mother Can't Evict Daughter Since There Was No Landlord/Tenant Relationship
Landlord and LINC Tenant Signed Self-Executing Renewal Lease
