RENEWAL LEASES

Renewal Lease Offered to Month-to-Month Tenant Vitiated Termination Notice

November 26, 2023    

Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant after serving a 90-day termination notice. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case because landlord offered him a renewal lease following service of the nine-day notice...

Landlord Disavowed Nonrenewal Notice by Sending Renewal Lease Offer Earlier

October 27, 2023    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. The court denied tenant's request to dismiss the case without trial. Tenant appealed and won. Landlord's offer to renew tenant's...

Tenant's Claim That Landlord Forged Renewal Lease Dismissed

October 24, 2023    

In December 2021, tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming that landlord failed to give her a fully executed copy of a rent-stabilized renewal lease she signed for the renewal term commencing...

DHCR Had No Authority to Rule on Tenant's Lease Renewal Complaint

September 22, 2023    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord failed to offer him a renewal lease on the same terms and conditions as his expiring lease. Tenant specified that the temporary lease rider for a...

Renewal Lease Dispute Resolved Through DHCR Lease Violation Proceeding

August 28, 2023    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR in 2021 that landlord failed to send her a renewal lease. In response, landlord said that this was an oversight, that it had now sent tenant the renewal lease via...

Lease Renewal Complaint to DHCR Dismissed After Tenant Moved Out

August 28, 2023    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained in March 2020 that landlord failed to give her a renewal lease. In March 2021, tenant notified the DHCR that she had moved to a new address and no longer lived in the apartment. The...

HSTPA Supersedes Prior Settlement Agreement That Phased Out Tenant's Preferential Rent

February 21, 2023    

Rent-stabilized tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR in April 2022. His renewal lease commencing May 1, 2021, had listed a legal regulated rent (LRR) of $1,644.07 per month and a preferential rent (...

Landlord Must Add Tenant's Wife's Name to Rent-Stabilized Renewal Lease

November 22, 2022    

Rent-stabilized tenants, a married couple, filed a lease violation complaint with DHCR. They claimed that landlord didn't include the wife's name in its 2021 renewal lease offer and that it failed to deduct a...

Tenant's DHCR Lease Complaint Issues Already Pending in Court Case

November 22, 2022    

Tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR. He claimed that the renewal lease landlord offered, to start on May 1, 2019, wasn't offered on the same terms and conditions as the expiring lease. Tenant...

Tenant Ordered to Sign Lease to Preserve DRIE Benefits While Case Pending

October 24, 2022    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord failed to offer her a renewal lease on the same terms and conditions that were contained in her expiring lease. She claimed that landlord was charging her a...

DHCR Specifies Valid Grounds for a Lease Violation Complaint

July 19, 2022    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of a lease violation. She claimed that landlord's lease renewals didn't provide the correct RGB rent increase percentages. The DRA dismissed tenant's...

Landlord Not Required to Add Tenant's Domestic Partner to Renewal Lease

July 19, 2022    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to add his domestic partner to his lease as a co-tenant. Tenant submitted a copy of 2019 Certificate of Domestic Partnership, which had been...