November 2018
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Landlord Fined $52,000 for Tenants' Short-Term Rental Violations
Tenant Who Performed Illegal Alterations Can Cure the Conditions
Apartment Was Improperly Deregulated After Base Date Vacancy
Tenant's Daughter Gets Rent-Stabilized Apartment
Tenant's Licensee Can't Sue Landlord for Illegal Lockout
No Notice to Cure Needed Before Terminating Tenancy
Rent-Stabilized Tenant Didn't Primarily Reside in Apartment
New Landlord Can't Reopen Rent Overcharge Case
Landlord Can Replace Lobby Attendants with Video Surveillance System
Tenant Not Entitled to Loft Law Coverage
Co-op, Not Shareholder, Responsible for Unit's Lead Paint Condition
Is Landlord Liable for Attack on Tenant in Gated Alleyway?
Landlord Not Responsible for Attack on Tenant in Building Lobby
Landlord Doesn't Prove Tenant Created Nuisance
Rent-Controlled Tenant's Nephew Claims Succession Rights
Landlord Claims Building Is Substantially Rehabilitated
Partial Parapet Wall Replacement Doesn't Qualify as MCI
Violation Placed on Building After MCI Application Docketed
Landlord Can Replace Gas Stoves with Electric Stoves
Apartment Became Exempt from Stabilization After J-51 Benefits Expired
Rent-Stabilized Tenants Object to $35 Monthly Cable TV Surcharge
DHCR Won't Decide Succession Claim Where Eviction Case Already Pending
Rent-Controlled Tenant in Co-op That Received J-51 Benefits Not Subject to Deregulation
Rent Administrator Disallows Some IAI Costs Allowed by TPU
Tenant in Substantially Rehabbed Building Transferred at Landlord's Request
No Overcharge Found Where Legal Rent Set by Prior Settlement Agreement
Effective Date of MBR Increase Delayed Due to Late Filing of Violation Certification
Tenant Waited 15 Years to Complain of Rent Overcharge
Landlord Collected Two Vacancy Increases in Same Calendar Year
Leases Showed Both Legal Regulated Rents and Preferential Rents
Landlord Deregulated Apartment Under Prior Rule Permitting Deregulation After Owner Occupancy
Rent-Stabilized Apartment Is Subject to Deregulation After J-51 Expires
Landlord Must Add Tenant's Spouse to Renewal Lease
Landlord Collected Full Rent While Rent Reduction Order Was in Effect
DHCR Orders Landlord to Add Tenant's Wife's Name to Renewal Lease
Court Revokes DHCR Decision Granting MCI Rent Hike
Landlord Locked Out Tenant After Illegal Subtenant Moved Out
Landlord Didn't Offer Rent-Stabilized Tenant a Proper Renewal Lease
Landlord's Nonpayment Case Dismissed Due to Inconsistent Leases and Rent Registration
NYCHA Tenant's Grandson Can't Get Apartment After Tenant Dies
Landlord's Notice to Cure Was Defective
Appeals Court Won't Delay Eviction Case While Parties' Other Case Is Pending
HPD Issued Certificate of Eviction Against Mentally Disabled Tenant Without Proper Hearing
Tenant Gets Attorney's Fees After Landlord Abandons Eviction Case
Landlord Sufficiently Set Forth Illegal Sublet Claim in Notices to Tenant
Housing Court Can't Rule on Occupants' Claim That New Landlord Was Part of Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Landlord Who Reduced Initial Rent Set by HPD Reduced Legal Regulated Rent
Pre-Trial Questioning Needed to Determine If Apartment Was Fraudulently Deregulated
Court Dismisses Squatter's Claim of Improper Service of Court Papers
Landlord Misled Tenant in Buyout Negotiation
Landlord Responsible for Tenant's Property Damage Due to Radiator Leak
Tenant's Alleged Failure to Provide Access for Repairs Didn't Amount to Nuisance
Trial Court Must Determine If Building Was Substantially Rehabbed
Landlord's Notices Reasonably Described Grounds for Nuisance Claim
Tenant Must Pay Damages to Former Roommate She Illegally Evicted
Subtenant Becomes Rent-Stabilized Tenant Based on Illusory Tenancy
Landlord Can Evict Tenant's Granddaughter for Illegal Drug Activity
Deceased Tenant's Wife, Who Wasn't Elderly, Couldn't Remain in HUD Section 202 Housing
Project Mobilization Costs Included in Approved MCI Rent Hike
MCI Rent Hike for Roof to Include Mobilization Costs But Not Engineering Fees
