February 2024
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MCI Increase Denied Due to Outstanding 1986 Rent Reduction Order
DHCR Granted Landlord's Request for Reconsideration of Rent Administrator's Order
Landlord Showed Building Was Properly Maintained During MCI Work
Qualifying MCI Work Need Not Be Performed to Entire Building Complex
MCI Rent Hike Granted in Accordance with DHCR Reasonable Cost Schedule
Addition of Fifth and Sixth Apartments After 1974 Made Building Subject to Rent Stabilization
Tenant's Son Fails to Prove Succession Rights
DHCR Sets Legal Rent for Apartment Based on Rent Preceding Temporary Exemption
HSTPA Amendments Supersede Prior Court Settlement Ending Tenant's Preferential Rent in 2020
Discontinuation of Service Elevator Results in 3% Permanent Rent Reduction
No Rent Fraud Found in Connection with Small, Refunded Overcharge
Landlord Didn't Document Pre-Base Date Rent History in Support of Claimed Deregulation
Landlord Proved High-Rent Vacancy Deregulation of Apartment Occurred in 2018
Landlord Didn't Get Proper Consent from Rent-Stabilized Tenants in Occupancy
Landlord Who Timely Refunded Overcharge in Pre-HSTPA Proceeding Avoided Triple Damages
Apartment Became Rent Stabilized After 10-Year Temporary Exemption
Landlord Properly Filed Requests to Waive Useful Life Limitations for Elevator MCI
Landlord Not Limited to Guidelines Increase When Renewing Preferential Rent Pre-HSTPA
Proof of Claimed Individual Apartment Improvements Was Insufficient
Landlord Proved Apartment Was Vacancy-Deregulated in 2010
Landlord Couldn't Raise Claims on Appeal of OATH Rulings
Subtenant Gets Preliminary Injunction Against Tenant She Claimed Harassed Her
Landlord's Court Appeal of Default Judgment by OATH Dismissed as Untimely
Disabled Section 8 Tenant Had No Claim Against HUD for Housing Discrimination
Tenant's Rent Payment Applied to Oldest Outstanding Rent Due
Court Refuses to Grant Mandamus Relief Against DHCR for Ruling on Demolition Application
Landlord Can Get MCI Increase for New Intercom System
Did Tenants Know Their Rights When They Relocated to Unregulated Apartment?
Tenant Gets $60,000 in Attorneys' Fees in Case Involving Improper Deregulation
Landlords and Maintenance Firm Didn't Show They Weren't Responsible for Tenant's Injury
NYC Adopts Criminal Background Check Restrictions for Rental Applications
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Another Challenge to Rent Regulation
Tenant Claiming Apartment Part of Horizontal Multiple Dwelling May Inspect Building Systems
Tenant Didn't Show Ample Need for Discovery in Case Claiming Illegal Apartments
DHCR Arbitrarily Ruled That Buildings Not Subject to Sub Rehab Exemption
Landlord Co-op Corp. Properly Terminated Proprietary Lease
Condo Board Seeks Damages from Unit Owner for His Tenants' Nuisance Behavior
Tenants Didn't Present Viable Grounds for Dismissal of Eviction Proceeding
Tenant Gets Full Rent Abatement Based on Apartment's Uninhabitable Condition
Eviction Case Based on Nuisance Dismissed for Deficient Termination Notice
February 2024 Insights
