October 2018
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Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Former Life Partner Gets Apartment
Grandson Can't Get NYCHA Tenant's Apartment
Rent Overcharge Must Be Calculated Using Default Method
Tenant Claims Injury by Mold in Her Apartment
Landlord and Tenant Signed Two Leases at Different Rent Amounts
Tenant Claims Attorney Wasn't Authorized to Sign Settlement Agreement
Permanent Tenant's Brother Gets Apartment
Landlord Can Seek Attorneys' Fees from Tenant as Agreed in Settlement
Landlord Can Evict Occupants After Tenant Defaults in Nonpayment Proceeding
Landlord Proves Court Papers Were Properly Served
Landlord Proves It Didn't Claim DOB Filing Fees as Part of MCI Cost
Landlord Didn't Get Waiver of Useful Life Requirement for Boiler
Boiler Heat Timer Control Didn't Qualify as MCI
Costs for Site Safety Manager Included in MCI Rent Hike
MCI Rent Hikes Amortized over 108 Months for Building Complex
Landlord Gets 10 Percent Rent Hike for Each of Tenant's Roommates
Rent-Controlled Tenant Not Subject to Deregulation After J-51 Benefits Expired
Tenant Subject to Deregulation Inquiry After J-51 Benefits Expired
Landlord Submitted No Proof Building Was Substantially Rehabbed
Building Exempt from Rent Stabilization Due to Substantial Rehab
Occupants Couldn't Submit Corrected Deposition Transcripts Three Months Late
Rent Administrator Incorrectly Denied Rent Restoration
Landlord Discontinued Building's Laundry Room Service
Tenant's Life Partner Gets Rent-Stabilized Apartment
Landlord Can't Add J-51 Rider for First Time to Renewal Lease
Landlord Illegally Converted Two-Family Dwelling to Three-Family
Landlord Fined for Failing to Separate Recyclables from Solid Waste
Landlord Fined for Performing Electrical Work Without a Permit
DOB Can't Prove Condo Owner Engaged in Short-Term Rental of Unit
Landlord Made Sufficient Efforts to Keep Trash Cans Covered
Is Landlord Responsible for Tenant's Fall on Sidewalk Crack?
Landlord's Illegal Sublet Claim Stated Sufficient Facts
Landlord Can Seek Eviction of Subtenant
Tenant's Leases Contained No Record of Preferential Rents
Landlord's Redesign of Tenant's Bathroom Reduced Required Services
Landlord Improperly Increased Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Rent
Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Husband Gets Apartment
Court Dismisses Tenants' Overcharge and Improper Deregulation Claims
Tenant's Overcharge Claim Based on 1988 Rent Increase Dismissed
Landlord's Claim that Tenant and Boyfriend Stole Other Tenant's Packages Dismissed
Landlord Can Evict Elderly Rent-Stabilized Tenant for Objectionable Conduct
Two-Family House Owner Can't Evict Brother as Licensee
Tenant's Unrecorded Five-Year Lease Enforceable Against New Landlord
Court Permits Nonprofit Tenant Organizations to Join Lawsuit Against NYCHA
Landlord Waived Attorney-Client Privilege
Overcharge Finding Revoked Where Landlord Proved Costs Spent for IAIs
Tenant Can't Challenge 1999 Rent Increase
Landlord Didn't Prove Tenant Paid Preferential Rent
Landlord Omitted Legal Regulated Rent from One Renewal Lease
Rent Overcharge Resulted from Outstanding Rent Reduction Order
Landlord's Notices and Court Papers in Illegal Sublet Case Were Defective
Landlord Proves It Restored Storage Room Service
Heat and Hot Water Weren't Base Date Services Provided by Landlord
Apartment Subject to Deregulation After J-51 Tax Benefits Expired
Effective Date of MCI Rent Hikes Delayed
Did Landlord's Acceptance of Rent Before Starting Court Case Waive Its Right to Proceed?
Trial Needed to Determine If Landlord Can Recover Apartment for His Son
Initial Rent Under HDC Regulatory Agreement Couldn't Be Preferential Rent
DHCR Properly Made Landlord and Tenant Responsible for Overcharge
Federal Court Permits Landlord's Constitutional Challenge to "Airbnb Law" to Go Forward
