March 2000
Guardian Appointed for Tenant
Tenant Can't Vacate Judgment
Tenant Not Available for DHCR Inspection
Security Fences Don't Qualify
Defective Windows Installed
Repiping Installation Done in Piecemeal Manner
Landlord Can Conduct Pretrial Questioning
Tenant Lived in Apartment for at Least 20 Years
DHCR Didn't Settle Judgment on Time
Landlord Can't Get Fees After Case Settled
Triple Damages Ordered for Unlawful Improvement Rent Increase
DHCR Violated Law in Changing Electric Metering Rule
Landlord Discontinued Case
Tenant Claims Lead Poisoning
Violation Notices Weren't Duplicative
Cellar Arranged for Use as Apartment
Landlord Didn't Conduct Monthly Sprinkler System Inspections
One Check Used to Pay Multiple Invoices
Tenant Substantially Altered Apartment
Lease Clause Doesn't Allow Fees for Nonpayment Case
Visitor Hit by Flying Glass
Unhinged Bathroom Door Falls on Tenant
Work Done After Tenant Moved In
Elevator Repairman Fell Through Emergency Exit Roof Door
Cost of New Intercom Panel Included in Increase
Trial Required on Tenant's Lead Poisoning Claim
Tenant's Son Engaged in Violent Conduct
Landlord Proved Debris Wasn't in Front of Her Building
Apartment Occupied by Super on Base Date
DRA Didn't Include MCI Rent Increase
Roof Insulation Work Performed Three Months After New Roof Installed
Landlord Can Get Retroactive Rent Increases
Tenant Assaulted in Apartment
Tenant Complained to HPD About Heat
Landlord Can't Object to Tenant's Conduct While Accepting Rent
Tenant Sublet Apartment Without Landlord's Consent
Landlord Didn't Prove Legal Rent
Tenant Entitled to Elevator Service
Landlord Can Correct Mistake in Petition
Lead Paint Violation Upheld
Landlord Can Keep Security Deposit to Cover August Rent
Tenant Used Apartment for Storage Space
Landlord Proved It Sent Registration to Tenant
Nonrenewal Notice Not Required for Loft Tenant
Tenant's Daughter in Apartment on Sporadic Basis
Default Judgment Vacated
Tenant's Sister Didn't Live with Her for Two Years
Landlord Didn't Deliver DC-2 Notice to Tenant
Rear Courtyard Replaced
Landlord Didn't Prove Correction of Rent-Impairing Violation
Parking Garage Covered
Landlord Accepted Late Payments from DSS
Landlord Didn't Prove Delivery of DC-2 Notice
DHCR Can Consider Fair Market Rent Appeal When Rent Is over $2,000
Tenant Won't Allow Use of Insecticide
Landlord Can't Collect Vacancy Allowance
Tenant Can't Claim Initial Registration Wasn't Delivered
Landlord Must Refund Overcharge Collected by Prior Landlords
Tenant Claims Landlord Violated Settlement Agreement
Tenant's Brother Gets Rent-Controlled Apartment
Insurance Company Disclaimed Coverage After Landlord Refused to Settle Case
Grandson Can't Get Pass-On Rights to Apartment in Interim Lease Program
Insulation and Repair of Porches Doesn't Qualify
Building Is Part of Horizontal Multiple Dwelling
Apartment Wasn't Vacancy Decontrolled
Increase Granted for Boiler Installation
Landlord Filed Registration with False Information
Rent Demand Signed by Attorney Not Defective
Work at Building Didn't Qualify as Substantial Rehabilitation
