May 2018
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Building Was Altered Without Valid C of O
Landlord Fined $46,000 for Tenant's Short-Term Rental of Apartment
Landlord Did Construction Work on Sunday and Without Noise Mitigation Plan
Landlord Fined $100 for Leaving Uncovered Mattress Out for Disposal
Landlord Fined for Failing to Obtain Heating Fuel Oil Storage Permit
Tenant Who Relocated at Landlord's Request Remained Regulated
Tenants Remained Rent Stabilized After Building's Substantial Rehab
Landlord Didn't Prove Building Was Exempt from Regulation
MCI Rent Increase Granted for Gas Pipes, Meters, and BPD
No MCI Increase for Partial Driveway and Walkway Repavement
Vacancy Deregulation Applied to New Tenant with Legal Rent Over $2,000 in 2005
Garage Roof Not Connected to Apartment Building Doesn't Qualify as MCI
Landlord Can Substitute Telephone Intercom for Bell/Buzzer
Tenant Couldn't Challenge Washing Machine Surcharge
Landlord Removed Improper Additional Garage Rent Charges
Rent Reduction Order Freezes Rent at First Rent-Stabilized Rent
Apartment Already Vacancy Deregulated When Tenant Moved In
Case Reopened for DHCR to Consider Pre-Base Date Proof of Preferential Rent
TPU Properly Referred Rent Overcharge Claim to DRA
Prior Preferential Rent Was Below Deregulation Threshold
One Incident Where Roommate Attacked Security Guard Didn't Create Nuisance
Court Excuses Tenant's Delay in Signing Renewal Lease
Deceased Tenant's Stepdaughter Gets Rent-Stabilized Apartment
Tenant Restored to Possession After Completing Back Rent Payments
Mitchell-Lama Tenant's Sister Can't Get Apartment
Apartment Improperly Deregulated Based on Landlord's Fraud
DHCR Reasonably Set Base Date Rent Using Comparables
Landlord Didn't Produce Records in Pre-Trial Questioning
Court Must Re-examine Whether Building Was Substantially Rehabilitated
No Attorney's Fees for Tenant Who Admitted Maintenance Payment Default
LINC Program Lease Riders for Rent-Stabilized Renewal Increases Violated Urstadt Law
Landlord Made Improper Back Rent Demand
Landlord Can Terminate Co-op Tenant's Rental of Parking Space
Corporate Tenant Wasn't Improperly Deregulated
Landlord Can't Get Attorney's Fees for Settled Case
No Contempt Finding for Landlord Who Repaired Prior Violations
Landlord's Ineffective Bedbug Treatment Didn't Violate Tenants' Constitutional Rights
62-Year-Old Daughter Must Prove She Lived with Tenant for One Year Before Tenant Died
Tenants Claim Landlord Schemed to Remove Latino Tenants and Inflate Rents
Rent of Improperly Deregulated Apartment Frozen at Last Registered Rent
Tenant's Sister Can't Get NYCHA Apartment
One-Third of Building Tenants Sought Appointment of 7-a Administrator
Court Vacates Settlement Agreement Tenants Signed Without Interpreter
Court Gives Schizophrenic Tenant Who Started Fires Chance to Cure Nuisance Behavior
Court Grants Delay in Evicting Tenant Based on Hardship
Landlord Didn't Submit Itemized Breakdown of IAI Costs
Landlord Didn't Prove Building Was Substantially Rehabilitated
Landlord's Trash Storage Behind Building Wasn't a Minor Condition
Landlord Didn't Produce Pre-Base Date Records Confirming Higher Legal Rent
Building That Got HUD Loan Was Rent Stabilized
No Renewal Lease Increase Permitted
Landlord Failed to Prove Pre-Base Date Preferential Rent
Rent Guideline Increases Applied to Calculate Legal Rent for Improperly Deregulated Unit
Which Landlord Is Responsible for Overcharge After Judicial Sale of Building?
No Reason to Examine Pre-Base Date Rent History Concerning Longevity Increase
Acceptance of One HRA Payment After Lease Termination Didn't Waive Termination Notice
Landlord's Nonpayment Case Dismissed Due to Defective Rent Demand
Tenant Claims Excessive Apartment Heat Outside Heating Season
Landlord Not Responsible for Tenant's Fall on Wet Step
No Retaliatory Eviction Found Against Month-to-Month Tenant
