May 2017
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Landlord Doesn't Prove There Was a Renewal Lease Corresponding to Its Nonrenewal Notice
Tenant's Fair Market Rent Appeal Was Untimely
Tenant Who Didn't Show Any Rent Overcharge Can't Vacate Settlement Agreement
DHCR Improperly Disallowed Some IAI Costs
DHCR Properly Computed Interest on Rent Overcharge
Landlord Can't Sue Guarantor for Rent Arrears in Eviction Proceeding
New Landlord Improperly Locked Tenant Out of Apartment
Tenant's Daughter Gets HUD Apartment
Landlords Can't Discharge HPD Liens for Tenant Relocation Costs
Landlord Fined $53,000 for Illegal Transient Rentals of Apartment
Landlord Fined $61,250 for Transient Use of Apartment and Related Fire Code Violations
Landlord's General Contractor Not Responsible for Hazardous Conditions
Landlord Fined $700 for Not Filing Initial Test Report for BPD
Plumber Fined $4,800 for False Statement Denying Installation of Gas Shut-Off Valve
No MCI Rent Hike for Boiler/Burner and A/C Equipment
Backflow Prevention Device Qualifies as MCI
Resurfaced Courtyard Without Tenant Access Doesn't Qualify as MCI
Gas Line Replacement Didn't Qualify as MCI
Installation of Electrical Meters Without Additional Rewiring Work Didn't Qualify as MCI
DHCR Can't Rule on Whether Landlord Can Charge Tenant Attorney's Fees
Landlord Can't Collect Cable TV Surcharge Without Tenant’s Written Consent
Lower Preferential Rent Doesn’t Prevent High-Rent Deregulation
DHCR Can Review Pre-Base Date Rent History
On-Time Rent Provision in Lease Creates Preferential Rent
Landlord Who Can't Prove Rental Agreement Can't Sue for Nonpayment of Rent
Fire in Tenant's Apartment Wasn't Result of Any Objectionable Conduct
Building That Briefly Contained Sixth Illegal Apartment Was Rent Stabilized
Landlord Doesn't Have to Re-Admit Rent-Stabilized Tenant After Fire
Landlord Submitted Sufficient Proof of IAIs Under Prior Rules
Disabled Shareholder-Tenant Needed More Time to Make Apartment Alterations
Apartment Was Deregulated More Than Four Years Before Tenant Claimed Overcharge
Allowing Full IAI Costs Resulted in Vacancy Deregulated Apartment
Landlord Proves Rent Charged on Base Date Was Preferential Rent
Removal of Storage Service for Tenant Was De Minimis
No Triple Damages Applied More Than Two Years Before Overcharge Complaint Filed
Landlord's Miscalculation of Rent Guidelines Increase Wasn't Excusable Error
Landlord Overcharged Tenant for Parking Space
No Triple Damages for Overcharge Finding Based on Rent Reduction Orders
Legal Rent of Apartment Calculated as Average of Comparable Rents
IAIs Done Before Operational Bulletin 2016-1 Issued Required Less Proof
No Overcharge Found by Rent Administrator in Case Referred by TPU
No Proof Apartment Was Fraudulently Deregulated
Amended Rent Stabilization Code Provision Applied to Determine Legal Rent
16-Year Longevity Increase Properly Applied
Burner Conversion Not Done in Connection with Oil Tank Installation
Partial Lintel Replacement Doesn't Qualify as MCI
Landlord's Gas Piping Work Didn't Qualify as MCI
Tenant's Nephew Can't Get Mitchell-Lama Apartment
Tenant Gets Rent Abatement for Foul Kitchen Odor
HPD Order Directs Landlord to Replace Floor Joists and Water Supply Lines
Peeling Paint and Plaster and Cracks in Hallways Weren't Minor Conditions
Landlord Didn't Prove All Apartment Conditions Were Repaired
Landlord of Section 8 Housing Didn't Complete Recertification Before Raising Rent
No Proof Landlord Delivered Copy of Termination Notice to NYCHA
Landlord Didn't Escort Exterminator into Apartment
Building That Once Had Six Apartments Was Rent Stabilized
Landlord Didn't Have to Name Tenant's Husband in Court Papers
Tenant Must Pay MCI Rent Hike for Garage Door Even If He Doesn't Have Parking Space
DHCR Properly Scheduled Second Inspection of Conditions
