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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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ALTERATIONS TO APARTMENTS:
Landlord Didn’t Prove That Former Tenant Damaged Apartment
Categories: ALTERATIONS TO APARTMENTS
APARTMENT RENOVATIONS:
NYCHA Tenants Can’t Stop Temporary Relocation During Redevelopment Project
Categories: APARTMENT RENOVATIONS
Occupant Gets Damages for Contractor’s Delay in Renovating Bathroom
Categories: APARTMENT RENOVATIONS
BUILDING VIOLATIONS:
Landlord Can’t Collect Rent from Tenant Due to Illegal Basement Apartment
Categories: BUILDING VIOLATIONS
EVICTION:
No-Fault Eviction Permitted Where No Good Cause Eviction Law Adopted
Categories: EVICTION
Nonpayment Case Dismissed Where No Lease Agreement with Former Super
Categories: EVICTION
HARASSMENT:
Civil Penalties of $2,000 Awarded Against Landlord for Harassment
Categories: HARASSMENT
Prior HPD and Tenant Claims Against Landlord Didn’t Bar New HP Proceeding
Categories: HARASSMENT
HOUSING VIOLATIONS:
Landlord Must Correct “C” Violations Within 21 Days
Categories: HOUSING VIOLATIONS
LANDLORD'S NEGLIGENCE:
Landlord Didn’t Have Notice of Icy Condition on Stairs
Categories: LANDLORD'S NEGLIGENCE
Landlord Not Responsible for Attack by Tenant’s Dog on Visitor
Categories: LANDLORD'S NEGLIGENCE
Landlord Not Responsible for Injuries to Tenant’s Employee
Categories: LANDLORD'S NEGLIGENCE
Out-of-Possession Landlord Not Liable for Assault on Visitor
Categories: LANDLORD'S NEGLIGENCE
Questions of Fact Required Trial in Dog-Bite Case Against Landlord
Categories: LANDLORD'S NEGLIGENCE
Visitor Delivering Package to Landlord’s Building Attacked by Dog
Categories: LANDLORD'S NEGLIGENCE
MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS:
MCI Increase Properly Granted Based Architect’s Certification of Violation Correction
Categories: MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
MCI Increases Granted for Pointing/Waterproofing and Security Camera
Categories: MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
Rent Reduction Orders Issued After MCI Application Filing Don’t Bar Rent Hike
Categories: MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
MISCELLANEOUS:
Second Circuit Upholds FARE Act in Response to REBNY Challenge
Categories: MISCELLANEOUS
PASSING ON APARTMENTS:
Successor Tenant Entitled to Retain Right to Preferential Rent
Categories: PASSING ON APARTMENTS
PROCEDURE-COURT:
Court Stays Eviction Proceeding Pending Tenant’s Appeal
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
Holdover Proceeding Dismissed for Failure to Use Court’s Notice of Petition Form
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
Landlord Can’t Combine Rent Reminder and CARES Act Notices
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
Landlord Didn’t Show She Was Small Owner Under Good Cause Eviction Law
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
Landlord LLC Lacked Capacity When Case Commenced
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
Landlord Must Respond to Tenant’s Bill of Particulars
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
Landlord Proves Court Papers Were Properly Served
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
Nonpayment Case Dismissed Due to Accounting Error
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
Nonpayment Eviction Case Dismissed Where Landlord Had Terminated Tenancy
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
Tenant Gets Conditional Stay of Eviction Pending Appeal
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
RENT:
Landlord Can’t Sue Section 8 Tenant for Nonpayment Beyond Tenant’s Portion of Rent
Categories: RENT
RENT OVERCHARGE:
Appeals Court Permits Tenants to Amend Rent Overcharge Complaint
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
DHCR Properly Applied Four-Year Base Date to Overcharge Complaint
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Landlord Improperly Made Preferential Rent Conditional
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
No Rent Freeze Applies for Incorrect Rent Registrations
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Overcharge of Tenants in J-51 Building Wasn’t Willful
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE:
Were Apartments Fraudulently Deregulated During Building’s J-51 Coverage?
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
WARRANTY OF HABITABILITY:
Tenant Gets Rent Abatement for Interrupted Cooking Gas and Uncollected Garbage
Categories: WARRANTY OF HABITABILITY
