April 2001
Termination Notice Required
New Trial on Whether Tenants Lived in Unit
Apartment Used for Sale of Drugs
Work Done Before Tenant Moved in
Landlord Can Relocate Storage Space from 10th Floor to Basement
Replacement of Parapet Walls
Tenant Removed Floor Covering Before Inspection
Landlord Must Offer Renewal Lease to Tenant
Landlord Claims Tenant Denied Access for Repairs Needed to Restore Rent
Four-Year Rule Bars Tenant's Fair Market Rent Appeal
No Access to Room During Asbestos Removal
Landlord Waived Right to Collect MCI Rent Increase
Landlord Needn't Return Security Deposit to Tenant Who Owed Rent
Landlord Didn't Submit Copies of Backs of Checks
Court Not Bound by DHCR Order
No Attorney's Fees to Tenant Who Moved Out Owing Back Rent
Landlord Gets Fees for Nonpayment Case
Tenant Who Relocated Apartment Is Covered
No Fees to Tenant for Court Case to Stop Landlord's Lawsuit
Tenant's Rude Behavior Didn't Warrant Eviction
20-Year Rule Applies to Rent-Stabilized Tenant
Landlord Gets Fees for Nonprimary Residence Case
No First Rent for Apartment Renovations
Lead Paint Law Applies to Building Converted After 1960
Sanctions Imposed Against Landlord
Tenant's Name Missing from Intercom Directory
Defective Termination Notice Doesn't Void Case
Tenant Claims Repairs Made Without DOB Permit
Landlord Didn't Prove Tenant Denied Access for Repairs
Elevator Condition Minor
Tenant Didn't Provide Access to Exterminator
Cracked and Missing Floor Tiles
Renewal Lease Stated an Incorrect Rent
Rewiring Not Done in All Apartments
Slanting Floor Caused Damage to Floor Tiles
Tenant Violated Settlement Agreement
Landlord Can Recover Apartment
Four-Year Rule Bars Tenant's Challenge
Money Judgment Against Defaulting Tenant Vacated
Tenant Is Primary Resident
Elderly Tenant Can't Open Windows
Landlord Can't Include Engineering Fees for Roof Installation
Dishwasher Recalled
No Vacancy Increase When Cotenant's Name Removed from Lease
Prior Tenant Was Charged a Preferential Rent
Tenant Claims Cost of Improvements Inflated
Landlord's Attorneys Questioned Tenant Without Court's OK
Landlord Didn't Submit Additional Information
Offensive Odor from Tenant's Apartment
Bath Modernization Didn't Include New Sinks and Toilets
Landlord Can't Use Old Nonrenewal Notice
Units Covered After Tax Benefits Expired
Landlord Can't Reduce Laundry Room Hours
Landlord Didn't Correct Enough Violations
Landlord Can Change Method of Garbage Collection
Loose Mailbox Door
New Intercoms Qualify
Tenant Can't Vacate Settlement Agreement
Illegal Drugs in Tenant's Apartment
Landlord Didn't Prove Compelling Need for Apartment
Storage Space Not Required
Landlord Must Send Nonrenewal Notice Before Recovering Apartment for Super's Use
Nonrenewal Notice Gave Enough Facts
Lead Paint Lawsuit Against City Dismissed
Applicant Without Section 8 Subsidy Rejected
Landlord Didn't Prove Ownership of Building
Cost of Removing Old Oil Tank Included
Landlord and Attorneys Liable for Wrongful Eviction
Landlord Rejected Rent Payments
Architect's Affidavit Proves Services Restored
Unit Subject to Commercial Lease
Invoice Doesn't Match Photos of Improvements
Installation of New Wood Floor with Subflooring
Tenants Don't Have to Pay Rent of $2,000 for Deregulation
DOB Letter Used in Lieu of Sign-Off
Landlord Can't Conduct Further Pretrial Questioning of Tenant