May 2020
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Landlord Not Responsible for Tenant's Threat Against Social Worker
Rent-Controlled Tenant's Son Can't Get Apartment
Non-Profit Housing Used for Homeless Occupant No Longer Exempt
Son of Rent-Stabilized Tenant Was 61 When Tenant Vacated
TPU Can Sue Landlord for Claimed Violations of Rent Stabilization Law
Landlord's New Rent Demand Wasn't Barred by Settlement of Prior Case
Former Tenant Gets No Reimbursement for Food Costs During Gas Outage
DHCR Ruling That Landlord Didn't Provide Required Service Was Rational
Landlord Didn't Notify Tenant Where Security Deposit Was Held
HSTPA Can't Be Applied Retroactively to Tenant's Overcharge Counterclaim
Overcharge Resulted from Failure to Apply DHCR Rent Reduction Order
Default Judgment and Eviction Warrant Against Incarcerated Tenant Vacated
Landlord Can't Get Preliminary Approval of Plan to Remove Building's Gas Service
Tenant in Horizontal Multiple Dwelling Was Rent Stabilized
Tenant's Request for Rent Records Limited to Four-Year Lookback
Subtenant Illegally Locked Tenant's Son Out of Apartment
Did Landlord Give Tenant Defective Electric Stove During Gas Outage?
City Not Responsible for Attack on Homeless Shelter Resident
Landlord Can't Seek Rent from Tenant's Successor Without Lease
Landlord Asks Court to Strike ECB References in City's Nuisance Complaint
Co-op Corp. Didn't Harass Shareholder It Sued for Defamation
Court Applies Regina Ruling to Limit Rent Overcharge Finding
Landlord Can't Seek Property Damage Compensation from Vacating Tenant
Landlord Not Responsible for Visitor's Attack on Tenant
No Illegal Lockout of Person Allowed to Live in Commercial Space
Court Finds No Proof Apartment Was Uninhabitable
Shareholder's Daughter Gets Former Mitchell-Lama Apartment
Was Landlord Responsible for Tenant's Trip and Fall Over Door Saddle?
Eviction Warrant Vacated After Guardian Appointed for Tenant
Was Landlord Responsible for Tenant's Slip and Fall on Ice?
Tenant Got His Terminated Section 8 Benefits Restored
Tenant Wasn't Reregulated by Mid-Level Altman Decision
Tenant's Legal Aid Attorneys Get $24,000 in Attorney's Fees
Lighthouse Program Operator Unlawfully Evicted Occupant
Landlord's Eviction Petition Didn't Properly Describe Premises
Tenant Seeks to Evict Subtenant for Pitbull and Unauthorized Roommate
Landlord Sued for Nonpayment of Rent Not Yet Agreed Upon
Former and New Landlords Didn't Repair Housing Code Violations
Landlord Can't Collect Rent in Building Without Valid C of O
Landlord Must Restore Tenant He Illegally Locked Out
Tenant Claims Building Has Six Dwelling Units So Is Rent Stabilized
Tenant Gets Discovery in Connection with Rent Overcharge Claim
Landlord Didn't Send Tenant Notice to Cure
Landlord Must Offer HUD Tenant Repayment Plan
Tenant Can Pursue Harassment Claim Against Landlord
Landlord Sues to Stop Tenant from Smoking in Apartment During COVID Crisis
Court to Set Legal Rent of Stabilized Apartment That Was Exempt for 20 Years
Landlord Fined $100 for Uncovered Trash Can
Landlord Fined for Placing Cardboard Box Out for Trash Collection
Landlord Didn't Certify Correction of 10-Year-Old DOB Vacate Order
Landlord Fined $500 for Long-Standing Unauthorized Curb Cut
Landlord Fined for Standing Water in Parking Lot
Landlord Corrected Fire Department Violations for Boiler Room
Landlord Fined for Pre-existing Conversion of Two-Family to Three-Family Dwelling
Landlord Fined $398,550 for Illegal Alteration of Three-Family House to SRO Units
Regina Decision Limits Documents Landlord Must Produce for Overcharge Claim
