September 2009
Landlord's Lease Nonrenewal Notice Didn't State Enough Facts
Rent Increase Capped by Average Comparable Rents
Landlord Didn't Discriminate Against Applicants
No Security Deposit Required for Garage Rent
Rent Frozen at 1999 Rate
Elevator Leveling Problem Was Minor
Landlord Must Upgrade Master Antenna
Rent Overcharge Wasn't Fraudulent
Tenant Protection Act Barring Harassment Is Constitutional
Landlord Didn't Disclose Relationship with Contractor
Tenant's Son Lived with Tenant for at Least Two Years
Tenant's Replacement of His Own Appliances Didn't Violate Lease
Landlord's Petition Didn't State Why Apartment Was Unregulated
Tenants Claim Legal Rent Less Than $2,000 per Month
Landlord Can't Sue to Evict Tenant's Son for Nonpayment of Rent
Case Dismissed When Landlord Not Ready for Trial
Eviction Warrant Vacated
Mismatched Floor Tiles Not Minor Condition
Landlord Didn't Maintain Exterior Wall of Building
Landlord Didn't Fireproof Boiler Room Ceiling
Tenant Entitled to Pretrial Questioning
Proposed Law to Raise Deregulation Thresholds No Bar to Deregulation
Broken Mailbox and Other Conditions Not Minor
Apartment Conditions Didn't Amount to Breach of Warranty
No Individual Apartment Improvement Increase for Oak Floors
Special Guideline Under RGBO 40 Inapplicable to Garage Rent
MCI Rent Hike Granted for Sidewalks and Walkways
Landlord Needn't Send Tenant Legal Papers in the Ukraine
Westchester Agrees to Market Affordable Housing to Nonwhites
Landlord Fined for Tenant's Conversion to Three SRO Units
No Increase for Rewiring that Wasn't Building-Wide
Landlord Can Evict Tenant from Apartment Lacking Two Means of Egress
Interior Wall Work and Repainting Don't Qualify as MCIs
Landlord Can Base Second Case on Same Nonrenewal Notice
Elderly Tenant's Default Not Excused
No MCI Rent Hike for Security Cameras
Landlord Can Set New Rent
Tenant Must Give Landlord Access to Cure Violation in HP Case
HUD Building Exempt from Local Code Requirements
Tenant Not Entitled to Front-Door Key
Rent Hike Ordered Based on Consideration of Equities
Two Adjoining Buildings Formed Horizontal Multiple Dwelling
Agreement to Deregulate Apartment Was Unenforceable
Uncollected Security Deposit Increases Are Waived
Rent for Uninhabitable SRO Unit Reduced to $1 per Month
Landlord Can't Rely on 1982 Rent to Increase Legal Rent in 2007
Landlord Can Add Co-Tenant As Party After Trial Held
Landlord Can Conduct Pretrial Questioning Regarding Subtenants
Replacement of Water Tank Structural Support Doesn't Qualify as MCI
NYCHA Must Reconsider Daughter's Pass-On Rights Claim
Co-op Tenant Wasn't Holder of Unsold Shares
Rent Reduced for Window Air Seepage
Landlord Claims Tenants' Income Exceeds Deregulation Threshold
Landlord Can Collect $4 Meter Reading Fee
New Laundry Room Doesn't Qualify as MCI
Altered Date on Nonrenewal Notice Was Fatal Defect
Building Lacked Two Means of Egress from Cellar
Landlord Not Responsible for Tenant's Fall
Landlord Not Responsible for Scalding Water That Injured Child
SCRIE Tenants Exempt from Effects of Electrical Metering Conversion
