RENEWAL LEASES

Tenant Can Commence Noncompliance Proceeding If Landlord Doesn't Follow Court Order

August 26, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming that landlord failed to provide a fully executed copy of a renewal lease after tenant signed it. In response, landlord submitted a copy...

Landlord's Failure to Date His Signature on Lease Didn't Invalidate the Renewal

August 26, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming that landlord failed to give her a fully executed copy of a renewal lease that she had signed. She claimed that she hand-delivered the...

Letter of Intent Signed Between Landlord and Tenant Was in Effect a Renewal Lease

July 26, 2024    

Landlord sued to evict a month-to-month tenant. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case. He claimed that he had a renewal lease agreement and wasn't a month-to-month tenant.  Tenant submitted a fully...

Landlord Can't Justify Not Fully Executing Tenant's Renewal Lease in 2019

June 24, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming in 2021 that landlord hadn't renewed her lease since 2019. The DRA ruled for tenant and directed landlord to offer tenant a renewal...

DHCR Sets Rents at Levels Above Those Collected from Prior Landlord's Family

May 23, 2024    

Landlord sought a court ruling on the rent-regulatory status of four tenants in a six-apartment building it had purchased in 2012. The court referred the matter to the DHCR for a ruling on the lease validity, legal...

Landlord Properly Signed Tenant's Rent-Stabilized Renewal Lease

April 25, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming that landlord refused to offer her a renewal lease on the same terms and conditions as the lease expiring on March 31, 2022; that...

Landlord Can't Remove Ex-Spouse's Name from Lease after Tenants' Divorce

April 25, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of lease violations. She claimed that landlord refused to give her a corrected renewal lease to include her DRIE rent exemption, failed to include her security deposit on...

Renewal of Rent-Stabilized Lease During Nonpayment Case Didn't Create New Tenancy

March 27, 2024    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. While that case was pending tenant's lease expired. Landlord offered a renewal lease, but tenant failed to sign it. Landlord then started a...

Rent-Stabilized Renewal Lease Offer Without Previously Included Preferential Rent Was Improper

January 22, 2024    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for refusing to sign a renewal lease offered by landlord. Tenant claimed that the renewal offer was improper. The court agreed and dismissed the case. Tenant's...

Trial Needed to Determine Whether Landlord's Renewal Lease Offer Was Valid

December 20, 2023    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant based on tenant's failure to sign a renewal lease for the apartment. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, for permission to conduct discovery with respect to...

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...