Vol. 28 Nbr. 9, September 2013
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Index
- Landlord's attorneys violated FDCPA.
- Tenant can't stop landlord from renovating apartment.
- DEP claims landlord didn't file annual report.
- Landlord fined $2,000 for operating basement office.
- Landlord fined $40,800 for repeated work without permit.
- Landlord fined for installing staircase without permit.
- Court vacates settlement after landlord renews tenant's lease.
- Landlord fined for signs of rodent activity.
- Landlord fined for unsealed mattress in front of building.
- Landlord fined over $47,000 for adding illegal SRO units.
- Out-of-service elevator is class 1 violation.
- Landlord can't evict tenant for operating daycare center in apartment.
- Landlord previously rejected tenant's rent payments.
- Tenant claims retaliatory eviction.
- Tenant used residence for commercial purposes.
- Evicted tenant may seek stay of eviction pending appeal.
- Landlord converted fire escapes to balconies.
- Landlord didn't schedule five-year trip test.
- Was landlord responsible for burns caused by scalding shower water?
- Application was untimely.
- Landlord not responsible for tenant's friend's fall from roof.
- Leaks in apartment unrelated to MCI.
- MCI rent hike granted for kitchen and bathroom modernization.
- MCI rent hike granted for new boiler and burner.
- Tenant severely burned by scalding shower water.
- Engineer's fees disallowed.
- Hallway and lobby renovations don't qualify as MCIs.
- Landlord didn't replace all three water heaters.
- MCI rent hike granted for bathroom modernization.
- No MCI increase for hallway spackling and painting.
- Piecemeal facade work didn't qualify as MCI.
- Landlord can't get second rent hike within 15 years.
- Landlord improperly obtained default judgment and eviction.
- No MCI rent hike for new roof that leaks.
- Tenant can conduct pretrial questioning in owner-occupancy case.
- Tenant can't get Mitchell-Lama co-op apartment.
- Court won't appoint GAL for occupant.
- Landlord can't base holdover proceeding on nonpayment of rent.
- No eviction permitted where occupant not shown referee's deed.
- Stale rent defense doesn't require dismissal of nonpayment claim.
- Successor tenant waived claim for renewal lease.
- Tenant can withdraw rent overcharge complaint.
- Trial needed to determine legal rent.
- Landlord charged excessive late rent fees.
- Tenant not responsible for unsubsidized portion of rent after subsidy terminated.
- Tenant's daughter claims she's rent controlled.
- Tenants remain regulated after J-51 benefits expire.
- DHCR limits amount of 1/40th rent increase to tenant's MCR.
- Landlord didn't prove costs of individual apartment improvements.
- Landlord waited too long to collect A/C surcharge.
- New tenant must pay rent increase for MCI.
- Tenant's apartment is rent controlled.
- Elevator working at time of DHCR inspection.
- Landlord didn't commit fraud.
- Landlord didn't prove building was 85 percent occupied by rent-regulated tenants.
- Landlord discontinued electrical inclusion without DHCR approval.
- Heat restored to tenant's apartment.
- Landlord restored electric outlet for working stove.
- Refrigerator sinking through weak floor.
- Tenant claims building had six apartments on base date.