November 2020
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Preferential Rent Provision Was Revocable Upon 2018 Lease Renewal
NYCHA Tenant's Daughter Can't Get Apartment After Tenant's Death
Substantial Rent Overcharge Finding Must Be Reevaluated
Mitchell-Lama Tenant's Family Members Don't Prove Succession Rights
Landlord Entitled to Back Rent and DOB Fines When Tenant Moved Out
Rent Overcharge Ruling That Applied HSTPA Retroactively Is Overturned
No Overcharge Found Where First Stabilized Rent Was Fair Market Rent
Tenants Can Sue Landlord for Negligence Based on Porter's Actions
Tenant's STAR Exemption for Yonkers House Didn't Preclude Primary Residence in Manhattan
Tenant Who Often Stayed with Companion Still Maintained Apartment as Primary Residence
Landlord Can't Withhold Security Deposit for Damage to Backyard
Landlord Responsible for Tenant's Slip and Fall on Wet Staircase
Tenant Safe Harbor Act Doesn't Apply to Rent Due Before March 7, 2020
Tenant Not Entitled to Refund of Brokerage Fee
Tenant Buyout Agreement Didn't Conform to Anti-Harassment Law Provisions
Cellar Vault Restoration Doesn't Qualify as MCI
Window Frame Repair Was Unrelated to MCI Window Replacement
HSTPA Changes to MCI Rules Don't Apply to PARs of MCI Rulings
Only HSTPA Provisions on MCI Collectability Apply to Tenant PAR of MCI Rent Hike
MCI Application for Backflow Prevention Device Was Untimely
Effective Date of MCI Increase Was Properly Delayed
Project-Based Section 8 Building Not Subject to Rent Stabilization Law
Landlord Must Give Tenant Renewal Lease
Landlord Can't Prove Building Was Substantially Rehabbed
Rent-Stabilized Tenants' Daughter Gets Apartment
HPD, Not DHCR, Must Rule on HDFC Tenant's Rent and Lease Issues
Landlord Must Renew 421-a Tenant's Lease Based on Rent Paid
Court Excuses Tenant's Failure to Answer LD Application Notice
DHCR's Explanatory Addenda Called for Continuation of Tenant's Rent-Stabilized Status
DHCR's Explanatory Addenda Affirmed HSTPA's Elimination of Deregulation of Apartment
Building with Five Apartments Not Subject to Rent Stabilization
Tenant Can't Reopen Overcharge Claim She Withdrew Earlier
Apartment Was Improperly Deregulated But Overcharge Was Only $387
TPU Audit Led to Overcharge Finding of $87,000
HSTPA Amendments to Rent Overcharge Provisions of RSL Improperly Applied Retroactively
No Proof Overcharge Wasn't Willful
Landlord Reasonably Believed Apartment Was Deregulated
Landlord Can't Prove Tenant Caused Damage
Eviction Case Involving Commercial Loft Belongs in Housing Court
Rent-Impairing Violation Prevented Eviction for Nonpayment