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Each month Landlord v. Tenant provides approximately 50 summaries of recent landlord-tenant court cases and agency decisions from more than a dozen courts and agencies, including the NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) and NYC Environmental Control Board. Landlord v. Tenant takes readers through each dispute, streamlining research and arming attorneys with the legal ammunition they need, quickly and easily.
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EVICTION:
Landlord Can Eject Tenant for Nonpayment Despite Lease Renewal Dispute
Categories: EVICTION
Landlord Didn’t Qualify as Small Landlord Under GCE Law Exemption
Categories: EVICTION
Tenants’ Request to Be Restored to Possession Post-Eviction Denied
Categories: EVICTION
LANDLORD'S NEGLIGENCE:
Landlord Not Responsible for Injury to Tenant While Snowstorm in Progress
Categories: LANDLORD'S NEGLIGENCE
PASSING ON APARTMENTS:
DHCR Denies Succession Claim to Rent-Stabilized Apartment
Categories: PASSING ON APARTMENTS
Former Tenant’s Minor Child Had Succession Rights to Rent-Stabilized Apartment
Categories: PASSING ON APARTMENTS
Occupant Had Neither Succession Nor Spousal Rights to HDFC Co-op
Categories: PASSING ON APARTMENTS
Tenant’s Alleged Partner Presented No Proof to Support Succession Claim
Categories: PASSING ON APARTMENTS
PRIMARY RESIDENCE:
Nonprimary Residence Claim Dismissed Where Tenant Returned from Rehab Two Years After Stroke
Categories: PRIMARY RESIDENCE
PROCEDURE-COURT:
Case Against Basement Resident Started in Commercial L&T Part Is Dismissed
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
DHCR Need Not Produce Records Protected by Enforcement Privilege
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
Landlord Can Amend Petition to Explain Grounds for GCE Law Exemption Claim
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
Subsidized Housing Occupant Claiming Succession Rights Was Entitled to VAWA Notice
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
PROCEDURE-DHCR:
Landlord Sued TPU Prematurely Over Registration Audit
Categories: PROCEDURE-DHCR
PAR Rejected for Failure to Include Tenant Names and Copies
Categories: PROCEDURE-DHCR
RENT INCREASE DENIED:
Apartment Not Eligible for $50,000 IAI Certification
Categories: RENT INCREASE DENIED
MBR Increases Denied Due to Open HPD Violations
Categories: RENT INCREASE DENIED
RENT OVERCHARGE:
2010 Rent Reduction Order Resulted in $110,000 Overcharge Finding
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Apartment Was Vacancy-Deregulated Before Tenants Moved In
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
DHCR Fined Landlord $36,000 for Violating Rent Overcharge Order
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Landlord Gave Tenant Credit for Mistaken Paper Rent Bill Charges
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
No Indicia of Fraud Found in Rent Overcharge Case
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
No Overcharge Where Tenant’s Rent Not Increased in Over 10 Years
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
No Refund Due to Tenant Where Back Rent Owed Exceeded Overcharge
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Rent-Controlled Rent Not Frozen by Rent Reduction Order
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Rent-Stabilized Tenant Didn’t Overcharge Subtenant
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Required DHCR Lease Rider Explained How to Avoid Rent Overcharge
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE:
Building Exempt from Rent Stabilization Based on Sub Rehab
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
Building Was Rent Stabilized Due to Addition of Apartments After 1974
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
DHCR’s Ruling That Building Wasn’t Rent Stabilized Was in Error
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
New Trial Needed on Whether Apartment Was Vacancy-Deregulated
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
SRO Occupant Proves He’s Permanent Tenant Under Rent Stabilization
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
Tenant’s Rent Was Properly Vacancy-Deregulated When She Moved In
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
REQUIRED SERVICES:
Landlord Can Change to Electric Stoves But Can’t Charge Tenants for Electric Service
Categories: REQUIRED SERVICES
