January 2001
Tenants Can't Give Up Right to Rent Control Coverage
Tenant Notified of Pending MCI Application
Tenant Owes Back Rent of $23,700
Managing Agent Liable for Overcharge
Tenant Was Hired as Super
Warrant Vacated
Tenant's Three Roommates Violated Lease Clause
Landlord Needn't Charge Preferential Rent to Pass-On Tenant
Tenants Claim New Burner Causes Vibration Problems
Work Related to Pointing and Waterproofing Qualifies
Trial Required on Landlord's Compliance with Lead Paint Law
Landlord Can Seek Eviction of Loft Tenants
Replacement of Bathroom Wall Tiles
Tenant Didn't Prove Lease Had Attorney's Fees Clause
Court Refused to Enforce Attorney's Fees Clause Against Tenant
Landlord Had No Notice of Wet Floor
Application for Elevator Upgrading Not Filed on Time
Tenant's Conduct Is Objectionable
Landlord Can't Charge First Rent After Sealing Off Room
Landlord Must Relocate Tenant's Disabled Life Partner
Roof Access for Sunbathing Not Required
Landlord Wants to Remove Astroturf and Picnic Tables from Roof
Landlord Can't Appeal Nonfinal DHCR Order
Landlord Can't Seek Eviction of Deceased Tenant
Landlord Didn't Prove Need to Get Apartment for Son
Fire Department Can Seek Criminal and Civil Penalties Against Landlord
Court Refuses to Rule on High-Rent Deregulation Issue
Tenant Used Two Apartments as One
Landlord Didn't Get Chance to Submit Answer
Water Board Can Back Bill Landlord
Tenant Can Vacate Settlement Agreement
DHCR Correctly Calculated Fair Market Rent
Inoperative Elevator
Landlord Can Evict Month-to- Month Tenant
Partnership Can't Bring Owner Occupancy Case
Landlord Didn't Waive Right to Paid
Tenant Can't Be Excused from Pretrial Questioning
Tenant Acknowledged Apartment Conditions Were Adequate
Landlord Limited Liability Company Can't Get Apartment
Subtenant Proved Illusory Prime Tenancy
DHCR Will Consider Rent of Comparable Apartments
Landlord Can Require Guarantor for Renewal Lease
Tenant Didn't Prove Partial Eviction
Landlord Can't Stop Charging Preferential Rent
Sublet Allowance Doesn't Apply to Tenant's Lease
Tenant Can Purchase One-Year Rent Guaranty from Insurance Broker
Landlord Can Change Door-to-Door Mail Delivery to Locked Mailbox Delivery
Tenant Slipped on Front Door Saddle
Landlord Corrected Termite Problem
Tenant Can't Raise New Claims
Apartment in Two-Family Building with Store Covered
Item-by-Item Breakdown Not Required
Landlord Accepted Rent After Sending Termination Notice
DHCR Must Consider Rent Increase Collected Before Four-Year Time Limit
NYCHA Must Pay $8,500 in Back Rent Owed by Section 8 Tenant
Eviction Delayed, Pending Bankruptcy Case
Construction in Adjacent Building Blocks Six Windows
Court Applies Four-Year Rule
Landlord Didn't Prove New Apartment Created
No Triple Damages to Tenant
Terrace/Balcony Reconstructed
Landlord Can't Start Charging Fee for Use of Service Elevator
Effect of Harassment Order on Increase
Landlord Didn't File Vacancy Certificates
Tenant Didn't Cancel Lease on Time
Tenant Paid Back Rent Owed
Landlord Returned Uncashed Rent Checks
Rent-Controlled Tenant Is Primary Resident Despite Absences from Apartment
