November 2001
Landlord Can't Enforce Money Judgment Against Guarantor
Granddaughter Lived with Tenant for 19 Months
No Immediately Hazardous Violations
Minor Noise from Water Pumps
Nonexistent Contractor
Four-Year Rule Doesn't Apply to pre-April 1, 1984, Complaint
Violations Issued Two Years After Work Done
HPD Must Correct Mold/Mildew Problem
DRA Used Incorrect Base Date
Tenant Bound by Settlement Agreement
Cost of Renovating Lobby Hallways Included
Improvements Made Three Months After Tenant Took Occupancy
Landlord Bound by Prior DHCR Rulings
Landlord Didn't Have Notice of Dangerous Condition
Tenant Must Pay Use and Occupancy for Furnished Apartment
New Terrazzo Lobby Floor Doesn't Qualify
Converted Apartments Covered
Landlord Not Liable for Visitor's Slip-and-Fall
Landlord Paid Full Contract Price in Installments
Landlord Can't Charge Preferential Rent to First Tenant After Decontrol
Tenant's Sister Can't Get Loft Unit
Landlord Claims Tenant's Occupancy Is Illegal
Landlord Given Chance to Submit Comparability Data
Documents Show Different Address for Tenant
HPD Must Enforce Vacate Order
Overcrowding of Apartment
Tenant Purchased Own Stove
Tenant's Daughter Didn't Live in Rent-Controlled Apartment
Landlord Didn't Prove Apartment Was Vacant on Base Date
Prior Settlement Exempted Apartment from Rent Stabilization
Court Papers to Spanish-Speaking Tenant Can Be in English
Tenant Can't Raise Claim in Nonpayment Case
Building Doesn't Qualify for Hardship Increase
Tenant Owed Rent Until Landlord Could Rerent Apartment
Landlord Accepted Check Before Entering of Final Judgment
Nonprimary Resident Tenant Can't Correct Illegal Sublet
HUD Approves Demolition for Stock Exchange Expansion
Preferential Rent Not Stated in Lease
Landlord Gets Back Rent of Owed
Increase Granted for New Windows
Tenant Claims Rent-Impairing Violations Exist
Landlord Can't Vacate Default in Rent Overcharge Case
Landlord Restored Elevator Service
Jury Waiver Clause Applies in Pass-on Case
New Fuel Tank
Tenant Denied Access for Painting
Settlement Agreement Doesn't Bar Eviction for Educational Use
Tenant Raised Specific Issue in Complaint
Landlord's Father-in-Law Already Recovered One Apartment
Court Can't Award More than Landlord Asks for
Tenant Claims Contractor Didn't Clean Up After Work
Missing Vestibule Door Lock
Mildew on Bathroom Ceiling
Housing Court to Decide Case
Tenants Robbed and Raped in Apartment
First Rent-Stabilized Tenant Can't File Complaint
Tenant Moved to Woodstock
Disabled Daughter of Deceased Tenant Gets Apartment
DHCR Properly Reconsidered Decision
Section 8 Tenant's Son Has no Right to Apartment
MBR Didn't Include Labor Cost Adjustment
Tenant's Son Didn't Move Into Apartment Until After Tenant Moved Out
Landlord Used Wrong Form
Triple Damages Revoked