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ATTORNEYS:
Landlord’s Attorney Can Serve Court Petition on Tenants
Categories: ATTORNEYS
DOB VIOLATIONS:
DOB Finds No Damage to Landmarked Building from Adjacent Construction
Categories: DOB VIOLATIONS
Paying OATH Penalty Doesn’t Waive Right to Challenge Violation
Categories: DOB VIOLATIONS
Tenant Claims DOB Failed to Enforce Gas Piping Inspection Requirements
Categories: DOB VIOLATIONS
EVICTION:
Brother Can’t Evict Immigrant Family Members as Licensees
Categories: EVICTION
Eviction Proceeding Dismissed for Failure to Sufficiently State Good Cause
Categories: EVICTION
Landlord Can’t Sue to Evict Deceased Tenant’s Unrepresented Estate
Categories: EVICTION
Self-Help Eviction of Non-Transient Hotel Resident Was Improper
Categories: EVICTION
MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS:
Complaint About MCI Work First Raised in Tenant PAR Can’t Be Considered
Categories: MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
Court-Remanded MCI Application Became Subject to HSTPA While Pending
Categories: MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
Garage Roof Installation Was Part of Terrace/Facade Work That Qualified as MCI
Categories: MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
Gas Re-piping Work Qualified as Major Capital Improvement
Categories: MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
MCI Increases Granted Where Violations Cured While Application Pending
Categories: MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
PASSING ON APARTMENTS:
Rent-Controlled Tenant’s Son Wasn’t a Second Successor Tenant
Categories: PASSING ON APARTMENTS
Tenant’s Son Gets Rent-Controlled Apartment
Categories: PASSING ON APARTMENTS
PROCEDURE-COURT:
Acceptance of Post-Judgment U&O Didn’t Waive Landlord’s Right to Evict Licensee
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
Appeals Court Vacates Settlement Stipulation in Light of Fraudulent Deregulation Claim
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
Notice to Quit Need Not Specify to Licensee How Tenant Vacated Apartment
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
PROCEDURE-DHCR:
PAR Denied for Failure to Allege Any Error of Law or Fact
Categories: PROCEDURE-DHCR
REGISTRATION OF RENTS and SERVICES:
DHCR Denies Application to Amend Rent-Regulatory Status Listed in 2007 Apartment Registration
Categories: REGISTRATION OF RENTS and SERVICES
RENEWAL LEASES:
Untimely Rent-Stabilized Renewal Lease Offered Improper Guidelines Increase
Categories: RENEWAL LEASES
RENT:
Building Occupancy That Didn’t Conform to C of O Barred Rent Collection
Categories: RENT
RENT OVERCHARGE:
421-a Building Tenants Can Proceed with Rent Fraud Claims Against Landlord
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Base Date Rent Wasn’t a Preferential Rent Under Rent Stabilization
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Court Can Look Back Before Base Date to Determine If There Was an Overcharge
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
DHCR Freezes Rent for Period Where No Renewal Lease Proven
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Landlord Didn’t Overcharge Rent-Stabilized Tenant
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Lower Court Must Reconsider Tenant’s Fraudulent Deregulation Claim
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
RENT REDUCTION DENIED:
DHCR Relied on Inspector’s Report to Determine That Stove Was Working
Categories: RENT REDUCTION DENIED
RENT REDUCTION ORDERED:
Tenant Gets Rent Reduction for Nonworking Intercom System
Categories: RENT REDUCTION ORDERED
RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE:
Apartment Was Vacancy-Deregulated in 2014
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
Apartment with No Documentation of IAI Costs Was Rent-Stabilized
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
Building Containing Six Apartments Was Subject to ETPA Coverage
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
Building Was Exempt from Rent Stabilization Due to Commercial Status Before Jan. 1, 1974
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
City of Kingston Can’t Appeal DHCR Ruling on Building’s ETPA Coverage
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
Landlord’s Work on Adjoining Apartments Didn’t Qualify for First Rent
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
NYC Rent Transparency Act Requires Notice of Rent-Stabilized Units in Building
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
REQUIRED SERVICES:
Landlord Can Convert from Electrical Inclusion to Individual Apartment Metering
Categories: REQUIRED SERVICES
Landlord Can Replace Gas Stoves with Electric Stoves
Categories: REQUIRED SERVICES
Landlord’s Application to Remove Apartment Foyer Denied
Categories: REQUIRED SERVICES
Landlord’s Replacement of Alarm System Didn’t Require Second-Floor Terrace Entry Alarms
Categories: REQUIRED SERVICES
Reduction in Laundry Room Size and Machines Was a Reduction in Required Services
Categories: REQUIRED SERVICES
TENANT NUISANCES:
Social Club Ordered to Stop Late Night Noise That Disturbed Residential Tenants
Categories: TENANT NUISANCES
WARRANTY OF HABITABILITY:
Court Awards Tenant 50% Rent Abatement for Bed Bug Condition
Categories: WARRANTY OF HABITABILITY
