November 2014
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Apartment Remains Rent-Controlled After J-51 Benefits Expire
Tenant Lived in Neighbor's Apartment in the Same Building
Was Landlord Responsible for Child’s Exposure to Lead Paint?
Tenant’s Daughter Gets Attorney's Fees
Rent-Controlled Tenant's Wife Can Remain in Apartment Post-Divorce
Late Charge Was Excessive
Landlord Can Evict Tenant Who Refused to Sign Renewal Lease
NYCHA Tenant Readmitted Banned Son to Apartment
Tenant Can't Vacate Settlement Agreement Signed by Her Attorney
Was Landlord Responsible for Guest’s Fall from Roof?
Landlord Fined for Uncertified Heating Units at Loft Building
Recyclables Placed Out for Collection in Wrong Type of Container
Landlord Didn't Maintain Sprinkler System
Landlord Making Repairs Under SWARMP Program
Landlord Fined $47,000 for Illegal Short-Term Rentals
Four-Year Time Limit Applies to Fair Market Rent Appeal
Landlord Can't Discontinue Concierge Service
Granddaughter Gets PHFL Apartment
Income of Tenant Who Didn't Occupy Apartment Can't Be Considered
Tenant Claims Improper Deregulation of Apartment
Luxury Deregulation of Rent-Controlled Apartment Isn't Retroactive
Landlord Gets Alternative Hardship Rent Increase
Landlord Not Responsible for Rent Overcharge Refund
Triple Damages Correctly Applied to Overcharge
Overcharge Found Based on Outstanding Rent Reduction Order
Landlord Wasn't Required to Send Termination Notice to Tenant's Husband
Tenant's Grandson Gets HUD Section 8 Apartment
Court Vacates Settlement Agreement as Too Harsh
Recovery House Resident Improperly Evicted
Tenant Not at Fault for Attorney's Failure to Release Rent Funds to Landlord
No Proof of Fraud in Deregulation of Apartment After Rent Control
No Triple Damages Where Overcharge Resulted from Rent Freeze for Failure to Register Rent
No Triple Damages for Overcharge Resulting from Old Rent Reduction Order
Daughter Gets Rent-Stabilized Apartment
Tenant Overcharged Roommate
DHCR Overcharge Ruling Revoked
Insufficient Proof Building Contained Only Five Apartments
Triple Damages Applied to Overcharge Finding
Triple Damages Applied to Overcharge Finding Resulting from Rent Reduction Order
Landlord Relied on DHCR Interpretation of High-Rent Vacancy Under J-51
Commercial Tenant Wasn't Entitled to Live in Space Behind Salon
Landlord Can Get Attorney's Fees from DHR
Landlord Must Restore Rent-Controlled Tenant to Repaired Apartment
Eviction Case Dismissed After Landlord Accepted Rent from Tenant
Tenant Who Didn't Cite Any Conditions Can't Claim Breach of Warranty of Habitability
Tenant Maintained Primary Residence at Apartment
Landlord Doesn't Prove Tenant Violated Agreement to Declutter Apartment
Landlord Can Use Recent Videotape to Rebut Tenant's Claim
Tenant Trips and Falls on Ramp Outside Building
Landlord Not Responsible for Subtenant's Bathtub Injury
Co-op Can't Evict Daughter After Shareholder Dies
Tenants Can't Sue HUD, DHCR for Submetering Clause in Lease
Tenants Get Attorney's Fees When Landlord Fails to Pursue Case
Landlord Can't Seek Rent Without Multiple Dwelling Registration
Court Already Ruled Landlord Could Collect A/C Surcharges
No Proof of Fraud by Prior Landlord
Rent Frozen by Rent Reduction Order Issued Under Rent Control
Tenant Withdrew Rent Overcharge Complaint
No Triple Damages for Overcharge Based on Failure to Register Apartment
No Proof Tenant's Lease Was Ever Renewed
