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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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ACCESS:
Tenant Must Give Landlord Access to Make Repairs and Correct Violations
Categories: ACCESS
ATTORNEY'S FEES:
Neither Side Gets Attorneys’ Fees in Case Resulting in Both Eviction and Large Maintenance Abatement
Categories: ATTORNEY'S FEES
EVICTION:
Tenant Claims Retaliatory Eviction
Categories: EVICTION
FAIR MARKET RENT APPEALS:
DHCR Denies Kingston Tenant’s Fair Market Rent Appeal
Categories: FAIR MARKET RENT APPEALS
No Overcharge Where First Rent-Stabilized Rent Was Less Than Fair Market Rent
Categories: FAIR MARKET RENT APPEALS
Tenant’s Fair Market Rent Appeal of Vacancy-Deregulated Apartment Unit Was Untimely
Categories: FAIR MARKET RENT APPEALS
LANDLORD'S NEGLIGENCE:
Boiling Hot Water from Shower Injured Tenant’s Health Aide
Categories: LANDLORD'S NEGLIGENCE
Shareholder Tenant, Not Co-op Corp., Is Responsible for Injuries from Defective Radiator Valve
Categories: LANDLORD'S NEGLIGENCE
PASSING ON APARTMENTS:
Jury Waiver Provision in Tenants’ Lease Properly Stricken
Categories: PASSING ON APARTMENTS
NYCHA Tenant’s Nephew Didn’t Live in Unit Long Enough to Claim Pass-on Rights
Categories: PASSING ON APARTMENTS
Tenant’s Daughter Submitted No Proof of Succession Rights to DHCR
Categories: PASSING ON APARTMENTS
PROCEDURE-COURT:
Court Refuses to Make Landlord Pay for GAL Services Uncompensated by HRA
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
Eviction Case Dismissed Due to Defective Good Cause Eviction Law Notice
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
Landlord Didn’t Serve VAWA Notice on Occupant Claiming Succession Rights
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
No Sanctions Against Landlord’s Attorney for Seeking Amendment of Termination Notice
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
Tenant Disputes Facts Alleged in Landlord’s Nonmilitary Affidavit
Categories: PROCEDURE-COURT
PROCEDURE-DHCR:
Rent Administrator Properly Dismissed Overcharge Issue Resolved Before TPU
Categories: PROCEDURE-DHCR
RENEWAL LEASES:
Landlord Offered Improper Renewal Lease to Rent-Stabilized Tenant
Categories: RENEWAL LEASES
RENT:
No Lease Was in Effect When Nonpayment Case Commenced
Categories: RENT
Wide Disparity Between Stated Rent Arrears in Rent Demand and Ledger
Categories: RENT
RENT OVERCHARGE:
Available Rent History Records Insufficient to Support Tenants’ Pre-Trial Request for Ruling
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Court Permits Pre-Trial Questioning to Consider if Pre-Base Date Rent Was Reliable
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Default Formula Can’t Be Applied to Post-Base Date Fraud Claim
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Kingston Rent Overcharges Subject to Triple Damages
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Landlord Didn’t Prove IAI Expenses Needed to Deregulate Apartment
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Landlord Must Remove Claimed Apartment Damages from Tenant Billing
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Landlord Needn’t Produce Records for IAI Work Done 19 Years Ago to Prove Vacancy Deregulation
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Landlord’s Failure to Pay Utilities Included in Tenants’ Rent Resulted in Overcharge
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
No Fraudulent Scheme to Deregulate Found in Case Involving Multiple Overcharge Claims
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
No Overcharge Where Landlord Corrected a Billing/Rent Ledger Error
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
No Overcharge Where Tenant’s First Month Overpayment Applied to Later Rent Arrears
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Rent Overcharge Resulted in Part from Building’s Lack of Valid C of O
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
Tenant Opted for Court Ruling on Overcharge Claim, Resulting in Dismissal of DHCR Complaint
Categories: RENT OVERCHARGE
RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE:
Apartment Was Vacancy-Deregulated Under Rent Act of 2015
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
Court Upholds DHCR Ruling That Two Buildings Constituted Horizontal Multiple Dwelling
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
Landlord Proves Building Substantially Rehabilitated Without Final C of O
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
Landlord Submitted No Proof of Claimed Substantial Rehabilitation
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
Landlord’s Mistaken Treatment of Apartment as Stabilized Didn’t Invalidate Vacancy Deregulation
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
Pre-Trial Questioning Needed on Whether Building Was Part of HMD
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
Tenant Who Moved into Unit After Co-op Conversion Was Exempt from Rent Stabilization
Categories: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE
REQUIRED SERVICES:
Buildings’ Swimming Pool Facilities Were Essential Services under ETPA
Categories: REQUIRED SERVICES
Landlord Can Replace Intercom with Telephone-Based System
Categories: REQUIRED SERVICES
TENANT NUISANCES:
Eviction Proceeding Dismissed for Failure to State a Nuisance Claim
Categories: TENANT NUISANCES
Landlord Didn’t Give Rent-Stabilized Tenant Notice to Cure Required by Lease
Categories: TENANT NUISANCES
WARRANTY OF HABITABILITY:
Tenant Gets Rent Abatement for Mold Condition in Apartment
Categories: WARRANTY OF HABITABILITY
