July 2025
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Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Daughter Didn't Prove She Primarily Resided with Tenant
Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Daughter Provided No Proof of Succession Rights
DHCR Approves Landlord's Application to Modify Intercom System
Landlord Can Replace Gas Stoves with Electric Stoves in Rent-Stabilized Apartments
DHCR Can Decide Former Tenant's Complaint of Improper Apartment Deregulation
Building Was Substantially Rehabbed and Exempt from Rent Stabilization
Landlord Not Responsible for Subtenant's Overcharge by Rent-Stabilized Tenant
Claimed Failure to Offer Tenant Two-Year Vacancy Lease Didn't Result in Overcharge
Landlord Improperly Charged Last Month's Rent in Addition to Security Deposit
Landlord Proved Apartment Was Vacancy Deregulated in 2011
DHCR Must Reopen Overcharge Case After Losing File
Rent Overcharge Resulted from Improperly Executed Renewal Leases
No Overcharge Found for Tenant with Pre-HSTPA Preferential Rent
MCI Increase Denied Due to Outstanding Building-Wide Rent Reduction Order
DHCR Dismissed Pending High-Rent/High-Income Deregulation Petitions After HSTPA Enacted
Subtenant of Prior Landlord Becomes Rent-Stabilized Tenant Due to Illusory Prime Tenancy
Landlord Permitted Illegal Apartment Sublet to Continue
Waiver Request for Reasonable Cost Schedule Denied
DHCR to Reconsider Denied MCI Increases for Landlord's Mailboxes and Waste Compactors
MCI Application Denied Due to Rent Reduction Order
High-Rise Tenants Can Pursue Class Action Against Landlord for Elevator Disruptions
Stepdaughter Waited Too Long to Claim Succession Rights
MCI Completion Date Was Date Work Completed for All 19 Buildings
HSTPA Amendments to Owner Use Provisions Applied to Cases Pending in June 2019
Tenants Can Proceed with Improper Deregulation and Overcharge Claims in 421-a Building
Court Refuses to Vacate Settlement Stipulation Signed by Two Attorneys
Default Judgment Vacated in Nonpayment Proceeding Involving SCRIE Tenant
Landlord Can Eject Former Super from Apartment After Employment Terminated
Did Landlord Improperly Use Rent Concessions to Set First Rents in 421-a Building?
Court Grants Possession to Landlord Illegally Locked Out of Building
Court Won't Permit Overcharge Claim Going Back More Than Four Years
Tenant Can Conduct Discovery on Improper Deregulation and Overcharge Claims
Tenants Can Proceed with Rent Fraud Claim Based on Overcharge Rather Than Deregulation
100% Rent Abatement Upheld Where Tenant Moved Out for Mold Remediation
Trial Needed to Determine If There Was a Fraudulent Scheme to Deregulate
Nonpayment Case Dismissed After Parties Settled Claims in Separate Holdover Case
Co-op Corp. Can Seek Fees and Non-Rent Charges in Nonpayment Case
Court Awards Rent Abatement for Rent-Impairing Violations During Periods Where Rent Paid
Landlord Must Provide Accounting of Tenant's Security Deposit
Newly Created Apartment Was Properly Deregulated
Pre-Trial Questioning Limited to Two-Year Period Before Tenant Died
Holdover Dismissed by Appeals Court Due to Late Filing of Affidavit
HPD Permitted to Make Contempt Motion in HP Proceeding
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