October 2021
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Court Revokes DHCR Rent Reduction Order
DHCR Upholds Application of HSTPA to Dismiss Luxury Deregulation Application
Landlord Can't Amend Rent Registrations to Change Apartment Status
Landlord Had No Proof of Vacancy Deregulation Based on Gut Rehab
Landlord Can't Bypass Final Court Ruling Through DHCR Application
Landlord Must Wait Until Next Registration Cycle to Correct Apartment Status Error
Successor Tenant Not Entitled to Prior Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Preferential Rent
Landlord Can't Prove Building Exempt Due to Substantial Rehab
Landlord Can't Amend 2002 Registration for Claimed Error
DHCR Approves Replacement of Cooking Gas Service with Electric Stoves
MCI Rent Increase Granted for New Garage Roof
No MCI Increase for Groupwork in Connection with Water Repiping
Installation of Back-Up Electricity Generator Didn't Qualify as MCI
MCI Increase Granted for Elevator Upgrading
MCI Increase for Courtyard and Walkways Granted
Pre-HSTPA Groupwork Constituted MCIs
No Proof Gas Main Installation Work Was Within Property Line
MCI Increase Granted for Full Staircase Replacement
No MCI Increase Granted Where "C" Violation Not Cleared
Engineering and Expediting Fees Disallowed for Roof and Parapet Installation
Federal Appeals Court Rejects Landlords' Challenge to New NY Eviction Moratorium Law
Tenants Who Didn't File Hardship Declaration Can't Delay Eviction
Prior Owner and Occupant Didn't Qualify for CEEFPA Protection
Default Formula Didn't Apply to Rent Overcharge Claim
Landlord Questions Tenants' Hardship Declaration in Eviction Proceeding
Tenant Illegally Locked Out Roommate and Must Permit Re-Entry
Landlord Fined $10,000 for HPD Heat Violations
Hardship Declaration Protection Applied to Delay Eviction in Class Action
Landlord Gets Judgment of Possession in Pre-COVID Proceeding
Court Improperly Denied Landlord's Request to Amend Petition's Misstatement
Rent Overcharge Results from Pre-Base Date Overcharge Order
No Overcharge Where Missing Registrations Filed Before Ruling
Buildings Together Were Horizontal Multiple Dwelling Subject to Rent Stabilization
Tenant Can Withdraw Overcharge Complaint to Pursue Matter in Court
Apartment Was Vacancy Deregulated Based on Cost of IAIs
Triple Damages Didn't Apply for Period of Rent Overcharge in Pre-HSTPA Case
Landlord Knew About Rent Reduction Order and Willfully Overcharged Tenant
HSTPA Rent Overcharge Provisions Didn't Apply to Complaint
Landlord Mistakenly Deregulated J-51 Building Apartment Before 2009
Apartment Was Deregulated in 2011 Based on IAI Rent Increase
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