Tenant Didn't Sign Renewal Leases

LVT Number: 11860

(Decision submitted by Jack Kuttner of the Manhattan law firm of Kucker Kraus & Bruh, LLP, attorneys for the landlord.) Tenant filed a fair market rent appeal. The DRA ruled for tenant, and landlord appealed. The refund ordered to tenant was based on a reduced rent for each renewal period of tenant's lease. Landlord claimed that renewal leases should be deemed for periods when tenant refused to renew his lease. Tenant said that he hadn't signed the renewal leases because the correct rent was still in dispute and landlord wasn't in compliance with the DRA's ruling.

(Decision submitted by Jack Kuttner of the Manhattan law firm of Kucker Kraus & Bruh, LLP, attorneys for the landlord.) Tenant filed a fair market rent appeal. The DRA ruled for tenant, and landlord appealed. The refund ordered to tenant was based on a reduced rent for each renewal period of tenant's lease. Landlord claimed that renewal leases should be deemed for periods when tenant refused to renew his lease. Tenant said that he hadn't signed the renewal leases because the correct rent was still in dispute and landlord wasn't in compliance with the DRA's ruling. The DHCR ruled for landlord. Tenant unreasonably refused to sign the renewal leases. The DHCR deemed a two-year renewal lease for Oct. 1, 1984, to Sept. 30, 1986; a two-year renewal lease for Oct. 1, 1986, to Sept. 30, 1988; and a one-year renewal for the period Oct. 1, 1988, to Sept. 30, 1989.

Feggoudakis: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. No. DL110262RO (7/18/97) [3-page document]

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