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ALTERATIONS TO APARTMENTS:
Co-op Tenant Can’t Cure Unauthorized Apartment Alterations
Categories: ALTERATIONS TO APARTMENTS
EVICTION:
Contempt Finding Against Landlord in Illegal Lockout Case Reversed
Categories: EVICTION
Homeowner Didn’t Unlawfully Evict Former Romantic Partner
Categories: EVICTION
Second Dept. Upholds Dismissal of Landlord’s Eviction Action Seeking Owner Occupancy
Categories: EVICTION
FAIR MARKET RENT APPEALS:
Fair Market Rent Appeal Dismissed as Untimely
Categories: FAIR MARKET RENT APPEALS
LANDLORD'S NEGLIGENCE:
Landlord Not Responsible for Attack Against Two Tenants by Other Tenants
Categories: LANDLORD'S NEGLIGENCE
PASSING ON APARTMENTS:
Nephew of Deceased Rent-Controlled Tenant Can Assert Succession Rights Claim
Categories: PASSING ON APARTMENTS
PRIMARY RESIDENCE:
Landlord’s Predicate Notice Sufficiently Stated Reasons for Nonprimary Residence Claim
Categories: PRIMARY RESIDENCE
PROCEDURE-COURT:
Eviction Case Dismissed for Lack of Conditional Limitation Clause in Lease
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
Parties Can Argue Over Whether GCEL Small Landlord Exemption Applies After Trial
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
PROCEDURE-DHCR:
Proceeding Reopened After Order Issued Before Time to Answer RFAI Expired
Categories: PROCEDURE-DHCR
Tenant Permitted to Supplement Overcharge Record on Appeal
Categories: PROCEDURE-DHCR
REGISTRATION OF RENTS and SERVICES:
No DHCR Exit Registration Needed for Rent-Controlled Unit That Was Vacancy-Deregulated
Categories: REGISTRATION OF RENTS and SERVICES
RENEWAL LEASES:
New Landlord Must Give Tenant in 421-a Building a Rent-Stabilized Renewal Lease
Categories: RENEWAL LEASES
RENT:
Landlord Gets Default Judgment for Tenant’s Use and Occupancy Arrears
Categories: RENT
Nonpayment Case Dismissed for Defective Rent Demand
Categories: RENT
RENT INCREASE DENIED:
Landlord Didn’t Preserve Right to $45 Rent Increase Under RGBO No. 40
Categories: RENT INCREASE DENIED
RENT OVERCHARGE:
Apartment Was Lawfully Deregulated in 2014, Not 2007
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Court Dismisses Nonpayment Claim But Permits Tenant to Present Proof of Overcharge
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
DHCR Orders Reconsideration of DRA’s Deregulation Ruling
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Landlord Couldn’t Collect Rent Increase for Renewal Lease That Never Took Effect
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Landlord Cured Rent Freeze by Filing Missing Rent Registrations
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Landlord Didn’t Charge Late Fees for Months Where ERAP Paid Tenant’s Rent
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
New Landlord’s Ignorance of the Law Didn’t Prevent Willful Overcharge Finding
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
No Overcharge Found Where No Rent Increase Collected Since Base Rent Date
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
No Rent Overcharge Found Since Base Rent Date
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
No Rent Overcharge Found in Eviction Case
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
No Rent Overcharge for Apartment That Had Been Temporarily Exempt
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
No Rent Overcharge or Improper Deregulation Found
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
TPU IAI Audit Leads to Rent Overcharge Proceeding
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Triple Damages Applied to Kingston Rent Overcharge Finding
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE:
Apartment Was Lawfully Deregulated Before Tenant Moved In
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
Apartment Was Properly Vacancy-Deregulated
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
Apartment Was Rent-Stabilized Due to Prior Horizontal Multiple Dwelling Status
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
Apartment Was Vacancy-Deregulated in 2008
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
Apartment Was Vacancy-Deregulated in 2011
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
Landlord Can’t Prove Building Was Substantially Rehabilitated
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
SECURITY DEPOSITS:
Court Lets Landlord Keep Half of Security Deposit After Tenant Broke Lease Despite GOL Notice Violation
Categories: SECURITY DEPOSITS
WARRANTY OF HABITABILITY:
Tenant Can’t Sue Landlord for Criminal Violations under RPL and RPAPL
Categories: WARRANTY OF HABITABILITY
