October 2007
Landlord Built Five Illegal Rooms in Cellar
Landlord Who Didn't Increase Rent Can't Deem Renewal Lease
Base Rent Frozen by Prior Rent Reduction Order
Rent Restoration Date Delayed
Landlord Not Responsible for Tenant's Injury
Landlord, Carpet Seller, and Installer Sued for Fire-Related Injuries
Landlord Not Responsible for Tenant's Fall in Building Stairwell
Neither Side Gets Attorney's Fees in Unauthorized Alterations Case
Landlord Must Bring Holdover Proceeding Against Section 8 Tenant
Landlord Must Renew Lease
No Deregulation Where Tenant's Estate Filed Late Tax Return
Landlord May Be Responsible for Lack of Stairwell Lighting During Blackout
Landlord Cured Water Back-Up by Removing Washing Machine
Co-op Corporation Responsible for Plumbing Repairs
Landlord Not Responsible for Maintaining Linoleum
Further Review of First Rent Needed for HDFC Apartment
Illegal Apartment in Ground-Floor Garage
No Proof Tenant Altered Apartment Without Landlord's Consent
Intercom System Defective
No High-Rent Deregulation Where No Tax Return Filed
Rooming House Subject to ETPA
Dirty Staircase Not Caused by Rain
Landlord Need Not Offer Equivalent Apartment in Nonrenewal Notice
MCR Calculated Incorrectly
Landlord's Lead Paint Responsibility Depends on Whether Building Is Multiple Dwelling
Tenant Waited Too Long to Claim Rent Control Coverage
Tenant Violated Four Settlement Agreements
Cure Notice Requiring Repairs Outside Apartment Defective
Landlord Didn't Offer Senior Citizen Better or Equal Apartment
Water Discoloration Condition Repaired
Tenant Claims Landlord Doesn't Own Building
Full MCI Rent Hike Restored Upon Expiration of J-51 Benefits
Overcharge Offset by Unpaid Back Rent
Enough Violations Cleared for MBR Increases
Eviction Proceeding Delayed
Tenant Denied Pretrial Questioning of Landlord's Private Investigator
Tenant Primarily Resided in New Jersey
Super's Girlfriend Gets Rent-Stabilized Apartment
Salvation Army Residence Is Exempt from Rent Stabilization
No Proof of Prior $20 Washing Machine Surcharge
Tenant Didn't Answer Luxury Deregulation Application
Landlord Didn't Complete Repairs
Tenant in Two-Apartment Building with Store Is Rent Controlled
HPD Removes One Rent-Impairing Violation
Tenant Claims Nonreceipt of Deregulation Notice
Occupant Who Added Name to Lease Not Rent Stabilized
Termination Notice Needed to Proceed Against Tenant
Tenant Not Responsible for Paying Terminated Section 8 Subsidy
Holes in Brickwork and Stucco a Hazardous Condition
Landlord Can't Withdraw Renewal Lease Offer
Bathroom Ceiling Stain Not De Minimis
Room Count Rules Differ for MBRs, MCIs, and Fuel Cost Adjustments
Tenant's Daughter Not Entitled to Section 202 Apartment
Landlord Must Get Permission to Proceed Against Incapacitated Person
Lease Renewal at Legal Rent for Combined Apartments Was Proper
New Landlord Didn't Get Notice of Tenants' Complaint
No Rent Increase for Sheetrock Work
Apartment Located in Horizontal Multiple Dwelling
Tenant Denied Access for Repairs
Landlord Didn't Prove Good Faith Intent to Occupy Apartment
Tenant's Son Not Entitled to Apartment
Tenant Restored to Possession Since DSS Had Agreed to Pay Back Rent
Co-op Apartment Owner Didn't Receive Complaint Notice
No Discrimination Against Porter Fired for Threatening Coworkers
DHCR Inspector Found No Defective Conditions
Landlord Must Fix Tiles and Exterminate Mice
