November 2019
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DHCR Notes Changes to MCI Rent Increase Collectability under HSTPA
Landlord's Request to Amend Registration Denied
Landlord Can't Amend Rent Registrations to Change Tenant Name
Tenants Get Permanent $50 Rent Decrease for Elimination of Roof Access
Landlord Needn't Maintain Intercom System Once DHCR Approved Replacement
Landlord Can Replace Incinerator with Compactor
Landlord Can Replace Con Ed Steam Heat with Boiler/Burner
DHCR Approves Replacement of Metal Keys with Key Fob System
Landlord Can Replace Tenant's Gas Stove with Electric Stove
Court Orders DHCR to Permit Lease Renewal Without Discounted Rent Provision
Rent Restored 20 Years After Fire-Damaged Apartment Was Re-inhabited
Hallway Ceiling Stains and Cracks Were Not Minor Conditions
Landlord Must Renew Tenant's Lease Despite Pending Court Proceeding
Apartment Properly Became Exempt Under Vacancy Deregulation
HUD, Not DHCR, Must Determine Rent Overcharge Claim
Landlord Fined $900 for Unsealed Walls in Boiler Room
Landlord Fined $8,750 for Unauthorized Gas Piping and Fittings
Landlord Held Responsible for Tenant's Airbnb Rentals
Landlord Didn't Comply with DOB Order Concerning Short-Term Rental Violations
Landlord Fined $8,750 for Tenant's Short-Term Sublets
Tenants Can't Raise Negligence Claim in Federal Court
Tenants Can Pursue Overcharge Claim Under Six-Year Statute of Limitations
Landlord Didn't Breach Settlement Concerning Property Held in Fire-Damaged Apartment
Questions of Fact Require Trial on Whether Apartment Was Unregulated
Tenant's Nephew Can't Get Rent-Controlled Apartment
Landlord's Court Papers Didn't Explain Why Tenant Was Unregulated
Landlord Improperly Claimed Tenant Was a Licensee
Disabled Tenant Can Keep Emotional Support Dog
Court Retroactively Applies HSTPA Amendments to Pending Overcharge and Choice of Forum Claims
Landlord Responsible for Tenant's Unlawful Short-Term Apartment Rentals
Husband Maintained Apartment as Primary Residence Although Wife Lived in the Bronx
Conditions Resulting in DHCR Rent Reduction Weren't De Minimis
Former Tenant Gets Rent Abatement for Water Damage
Landlord Can't Sue to Evict Successor Tenant for Nonpayment of Pre-Succession Rent
Court Applies Default Method to Determine Rent Overcharge
Landlord Can't Retain Security Deposit When No Lease Actually Executed
Tenant Who Spent Most Nights at Partner's Home Still Maintained Primary Residence
Landlord Can't Evict Tenant Who Had Lease Under LINC Program
NYCHA Must Perform Reasonable Inquiry to Avoid Overlapping Cases
Landlord Can Claim Chronic Nonpayment of Rent Creates a Nuisance
Tenants Can Maintain Class Action for Rent Overcharge
DHCR Must Explain Its Method for Setting Rent
Landlord Not Responsible for Injuries to Tenant After Shooting
Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Short-Term Sublets Didn't Amount to Profiteering
Building Converted to Six or More Dwelling Units After 1974
Daughter of Rent-Stabilized Tenant Gets Apartment
Does Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Daughter Have Succession Rights?
Occupant Had Family-Type Relationship with Tenant
Tenant Gets Default Judgment Vacated
Landlord Who Purchased Building Responsible for Overcharge Refund
