May 2002
Tenant's Son Didn't Occupy Rent-Controlled Apartment with Tenant
Landlord Needn't Refund $300 Payment to Former Super
Tenant's Domestic Partner Gets Apartment
Landlord Can't Collect Electrical Surcharge
Tenant Can't Challenge Term of Expired Lease
First Contractor Went Out of Business
Tenant Didn't Make Specific Complaint
Tenant Fell on Loose Plastic Runner
No Four-Year Rule for pre-4/1/84 Complaint
Apartment Was Vacancy Decontrolled
DHCR Rent Cut Doesn't Preclude Other Abatement
DHCR Properly Applied Four-Year Rule
Minor Condensation on Bedroom Windows
Tenant Evicted for Chronic Nonpayment of Rent
Landlord Proved Apartment Vacant on Base Date
Landlord Claims Tenant Denied Access for Repairs
Corroded Sink Base
No Fees to Tenant for Warranty of Habitability Claim
No Illusory Tenancy
Tenant's Attorney Not Disqualified
Tenant Didn't File Fair Market Rent Appeal on Time
Landlord May Be Liable for Lead Poisoning
Landlord Needn't Submit Initial Lease to Get Longevity Increase
Landlord's Proof Insufficient
Two Apartments Covered
Tenant's Child Burned by Overheated Water
Apartment Occupied When Improvements Made
Prior Landlord Didn't File Annual Registrations
Trial Required on Visibility of Hazard
Landlord Not Limited to Improvements Listed on Apartment Registration
Landlord Can't Evict Public Housing Tenant Arrested for Drugs
Minor Cracks in Walls and Ceilings
Tenant Can't Vacate Settlement Agreement
Tenant Income Below Threshold for Deregulation
Trial Required on Landlord's Efforts to Legalize Unit
Tenant Repeatedly Allowed Bathtub Water to Overflow
Landlord Needn't Replace Gas Stove with Electric Stove
Renewal Lease to Wife Doesn't Count as First Pass-on
No Grounds for Vacating Settlement Agreement
Tenant Used Nearby Co-op Apartment as Office
Tenant Waited Too Long to Complain
Landlord Not Required to Install Ramp
Occupants Are Tenant's Children
Checks Don't Have Cancellation Code
Building Registration on File
Useful Life of Boiler Hadn't Expired
Prime Tenant Must Pay Triple Damages to Subtenant
Certificate of Occupancy Voided
Landlord Can't Stop Charging Preferential Rent to Tenant
Licensed Contractor Not Required
Public Housing Tenant Can't Make Claim
First Rent Can't Be Preferential
Building Not Part of Horizontal Multiple Dwelling
Comparable Apartments Had Higher Rents
Landlord Can Terminate Section 8 Lease
Trial Required on Whether Tenant Abandoned Apartment
Resurfacing Qualifies
Landlord Gets Market Value Use and Occupancy
Landlord Installed New Blinds
Tenant Gets Chance to Correct Apartment Hazards
Sheetrock Installed as Part of Bathroom Renovation
Landlord Didn't Prove In-Laws Would Occupy Apartment
Tenant Must Pay Costs to Landlord
Landlord Filed Application on Time
Related Improvements Included in Increase
Bathroom Remodeled
Landlord Can't Get Money Judgment
Landlord Shared Office Space with Contractor
Tenant's Sister Gets Renewal Lease
Cure Notice Not Required in Chronic Nonpayment Case
Four-Year Rule Bars Tenant's Fraud Claim
No Vacancy Increase Without Lease
DC-2 Notice Was Defective
