September 2017
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Co-op Corporation Claims Sponsor Can't Surrender Parking Spaces with Apartment Shares
Tenant's Deposit of Rent Check into Bank Lock Box Didn't Create Waiver of Termination Notice
Landlord Knew That 2-Year-Old Child Lived in Apartment
No Willful Default by Tenant Who Settled Chronic Nonpayment Case
Landlord's Notice to Terminate Assisted Living Residency Was Insufficient
Landlord Not Responsible for Attack on Tenant During Robbery
Building Super Was Rent Stabilized After Employment Terminated
Landlord Not Responsible for Tenant Being Shot Inside Building
First Tenant After Base Date Vacancy Was Rent Stabilized
Landlord Can Evict Tenant Who Moved Out and Sublet the Apartment
No Notice to Cure Required for Tenant Who Assaulted Landlord
Tenant's Smoking Didn't Create a Nuisance
Court Reasonably Refused to Give Tenant Postjudgment Cure Period
Landlord Can Evict Tenants Who Kept Two Cats in Violation of Lease
Landlord Can Evict Tenant for Creating Excessive Noise
Tenant's Son Gets Rent-Controlled Apartment
Landlord Must Refund $132,000 Overcharge Based on Fraudulent Deregulation
Hallway Floor Re-Tiling Qualifies as Major Capital Improvement
"C" Violations Pending When MCI Application Filed Had Been Corrected
Tenant Elevator Complaints Not Grounds to Revoke MCI Rent Hike
Landlord Didn't Overcharge Tenant While Receiving J-51 Tax Benefits
High-Rent Apartment Remains Rent-Controlled After J-51 Benefits End
Landlord Can't Get DHCR Approval for Demolition of One Apartment
DHCR Imposes Rent Reduction for Landline Costs in Connection with Key Fob Installation
DHCR Reduced Rent for Condition Tenant Didn't Complain About
Landlord Can Change Heating System If Tenants Bear No Costs for Heat
Downstream Future Gas Connections Illegal Even if Installed Before 2008
Downstream Future Gas Connections Created Immediate Hazard
Landlord Fined $49,000 for Converting Two-Family House to Four Apartments
Landlord Fined $47,400 for Illegally Converting Two-Family to Six SRO Units
Certificate of Approval of Fuel Oil Burning and Storage Equipment Unavailable
No Rent Overcharge for Newly Combined SRO Rooms
Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Cousin Gets Apartment
Triple Damages Warranted Despite Prior Foreclosure
Landlord Demolished Building Without DHCR Permission
Pre-War Building with Sixth Illegal Apartment Was Rent Stabilized
Landlord Doesn't Prove Tenant Lived in Another Neighborhood Building
Landlord Showed No Good Faith Attempt to Determine If Tenant Tried to Cure
Tenant's Son and Granddaughter Get HUD-Subsidized Apartment
Landlord Must Refund Overcharge Based on 1987 Rent Reduction Orders
Landlord Who Harassed Tenant Fined $5,000
Landlord Can Sue Broker for Failing to Reveal Tenant's Criminal Record
Landlord Refused to Give Tenant Form to Get Rental Assistance
Landlord Didn't Properly Describe Building's Regulatory Status
Condo Tenant Illegally Locked Out Is Restored to Possession
USPS Tracking Service Proved That PAR Was Untimely
Tenant's Washing Machine Surcharge Complaint Barred by the Four-Year Rule
Tenant Who Signed Commercial Lease Was Rent Stabilized
No Overcharge Where Landlord Lowered Base Date Rent Upon Renewal
Landlord Must Refund $45,000 in Rent Overcharges
Triple Damages Applied to Rent Overcharge Based on Disallowed IAIs
Landlord Waited Until After Tenant's PAR Decided to Collect MCI Increase
Landlord Can Collect Combined Security Deposit for Apartment Plus Parking
Correction of Rent Administrator's Clerical Error Reduces Rent Overcharge
DHCR Won't Consider New Proof Former Owner Set Tenant's Initial Rent
Tenant Repeatedly Refused Access to Landlord
DOB Filing Fees Not Included in MCI Application Costs
No MCI Increase for Unexplained Consulting Services
MCI Increase Granted Where Landlord Shows "C" Violations Removed
No Triple Damages Where Landlord Promptly Refunded Rent Overcharge
