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Shapiro's DHCR Decision Finder
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Do you understand what the law requires and how to comply?

Do you know what the DHCR and courts have ruled regarding common landlord-tenant issues?

Do you know how and where to find the decisions that can result in a victory for you?

SHAPIRO'S DHCR DECISION FINDER Has The Answers

You can win. SHAPIRO'S DHCR DECISION FINDER is an essential resource you'll refer to over and over again to help you challenge - and overcome - tenant disputes.

Knowledge of landlord-tenant law has never been more important, and SHAPIRO'S DHCR DECISION FINDER helps you easily find the information that others have expended thousands in legal fees to learn.

Literally every important case law decision is right here, in SHAPIRO'S DHCR DECISION FINDER. Managers and owners of New York City apartment buildings - and the attorneys who advise them - rely on its plain-English, easy-to-read summaries of more than 6,500 New York City landlord-tenant decisions issued by the DHCR and by courts ruling on DHCR decisions, including DHCR cases involving apartments in New York City suburbs.

No Other Resource Compares!

  • EXCLUSIVE: These summaries of landlord-tenant rulings by the DHCR (New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal) are not available anywhere else.
  • COMPREHENSIVE: More than 6,500 of the latest decisions, including both New York City and suburban, complete with legal citation and DHCR docket number.
  • EASY TO USE: Written in plain, easy-to-understand English. Plus, all summaries are arranged under 38 quick-to-locate keyword headings.
  • LOW COST: Avoiding just one legal landmine as a result of using SHAPIRO'S DHCR DECISION FINDER will easily pay for its cost hundreds of times over!

SHAPIRO'S DHCR DECISION FINDER covers the latest decisions in 38 key areas:

 

  • Access
  • Attorney's Fees
  • Building Personnel
  • Demolition
  • EPTA coverage
  • Eviction
  • Extermination of Pests
  •  Fair Market Rent Appeals
  • Full Cost Adjustments
  • Fuel Passalongs
  • Garages
  • Harassment
  • Heat & Hot Water
  • Hotels
  • Leases
  • Major Capital Improvements
  • Owner Occupancy
  • Painting
  • Passing on Apartments
  • Procedure - Court
  • Procedure - DHCR
  • Registration of Rents and Services
  • Renewal Leases
  • Rent
  • Rent Control Coverage
  • Rent Increase Denied
  • Rent Increase Ordered
  • Rent Overcharge
  • Rent Reduction Denied
  • Rent Reduction Ordered
  • Rent Restored
  • Rent Stabilization Coverage
  • Required Services
  • Security Deposits
  • Sharing of Apartments
  • Subletting/Assignments
  • Waivers
  • Warranty of Habitability

 

 

SHAPIRO'S DHCR DECISION FINDER for 2008 has been complied into one compendium, with nearly 1,000 recent cases added to the previous volume. This means you will have access to case summaries covering many different legal issues and claims - all placed in their appropriate subject categories and written in plain-English, with full citations.

 

SHAPIRO'S DHCR DECISION FINDER will help you:

  • Understand what the law requires and how to comply.
  • Know what the DHCR and courts have ruled on thousands of landlord-tenant disputes - before a lawsuit falls into your lap!
  • Prevent liability by avoiding the pitfalls others have faced.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1: ACCESS

  • Suburban Decisions

Chapter 2: ATTORNEY'S FEES

 

Chapter 3: BUILDING PERSONNEL

 

Chapter 4: DEMOLITION

 

Chapter 5: ETPA COVERAGE

  • Suburban Decisions

Chapter 6: EVICTION

  • Suburban Decisions

Chapter 7: EXTERMINATION OF PESTS

  • Suburban Decisions

Chapter 8: FAIR MARKET RENT APPEALS

  • Calculations
  • Comparability
  • DC-2 Notice
  • Four-Year Rule
  • Miscellaneous
  • Notices
  • Procedure
  • Registration
  • Rent Hike Allowed
  • Suburban Decisions
  • Uniqueness

Chapter 9: FUEL COST ADJUSTMENTS

  • Filing Deadline
  • Granted
  • Revoked
  • Revoked or Denied

Chapter 10: FUEL PASSALONGS

  • Filing Deadline
  • Granted
  • Rent Cut Granted
  • Revoked or Denied

Chapter 11: GARAGES

  • Suburban Decisions

Chapter 12: HARASSMENT

 

Chapter 13: HEAT & HOT WATER

  • Miscellaneous
  • Procedure
  • Rent Cut Denied
  • Rent Cut Granted
  • Rent Cut Ordered
  • Suburban Decisions

Chapter 14: HOTELS

 

Chapter 15: LEASES

  • Suburban Decisions

Chapter 16: MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

  • Application Procedure
  • Calculations
  • Complaint of Defect
  • Computation
  • Co-Ops
  • Cosmetic Improvements
  • Documentation
  • Doors
  • Electrical Wiring
  • Elevators
  • Heating System
  • Miscellaneous
  • No Service Decrease
  • Pointing and Waterproofing
  • Procedure
  • Rent Cut Granted
  • Rent Hike Denied
  • Rent Hike Granted
  • Rent Overcharge
  • Rent Reduction Ordered
  • Rewiring
  • Roof
  • Settlements
  • Subletting/Assignments
  • Suburban Decisions
  • Triple Damages Denied
  • Violations
  • Waivers
  • What Qualifies— Miscellaneous
  • Windows

Chapter 17: OWNER OCCUPANCY

  • 20-Year Residency Rule.
  • Co-Owners
  • Good Faith Rent-Controlled Unit
  • Miscellaneous
  • Need Shown
  • Relocation Of Tenants
  • Suburban Decisions

Chapter 18: PAINTING

  • Rent Cut Denied
  • Rent Cut Granted
  • Required Services
  • Requirements
  • Suburban Decisions

Chapter 19: PASSING ON APARTMENTS

  • Complaint of Defect
  • Relatives
  • Unrelated Persons

Chapter 20: PROCEDURE-COURT

  • Suburban Decisions

Chapter 21: PROCEDURE–DHCR

  • Answers
  • Appeals
  • Applications
  • Complaints
  • Evidence
  • Inspections
  • MCIS
  • Miscellaneous
  • Notices
  • Orders
  • Request For Reconsideration
  • Settlements
  • Suburban Decisions

Chapter 22: REGISTRATION OF RENTS AND SERVICES

 

Chapter 23: RENEWAL LEASES

  • Acceptance
  • Miscellaneous
  • Offers
  • Procedure
  • Spouses
  • Suburban Decisions

Chapter 24: RENT

  • Calculations
  • Evidence
  • Miscellaneous
  • Payment Methods
  • Rent Hike Granted
  • Substantial Alterations
  • Substantial Rehabilitation
  • Suburban Decisions
  • Vacancy Increases and Allowances

Chapter 25: RENT CONTROL COVERAGE

  • Suburban Decisions

Chapter 26: RENT INCREASE DENIED

  • Additional Occupants
  • Evidence
  • Improvements/New Equipment
  • Landlord Wins
  • Maximum Base Rent
  • MCIS
  • Miscellaneous
  • Rent Cut Granted
  • Required Services
  • Suburban Decisions

Chapter 27: RENT INCREASE ORDERED

  • Additional Occupants
  • Apartment Pass-Ons
  • Appeals
  • Calculations
  • Evidence
  • Guidelines Increases HPD Certified
  • Improvements/New Equipment
  • Maximum Base Rent
  • MCR
  • Miscellaneous
  • Mistakes
  • Setting Rent
  • Suburban Decisions
  • Tax Abatements
  • Tenant-Installed Appliances

Chapter 28: RENT OVERCHARGE

  • 421-A Building
  • Appeals
  • Applicable Law
  • Base Date Rent
  • Commercial Lease
  • DHCR Mistake
  • Evidence
  • Foreclosure
  • Four-Year Rule
  • Guidelines Increases
  • Improvements/New Equipment
  • Initial Rent
  • Landlord Wins
  • Maximum Base Rent
  • Miscellaneous
  • No Service Decrease
  • Preferential Rent
  • Prior Landlords Overcharge
  • Procedure
  • Registration
  • Rent Increase Ordered
  • Setting Rent
  • Settlements
  • Sublets
  • Suburban Decisions
  • Triple Damages Denied
  • Triple Damages Ordered
  • Undercharges
  • Vacancy Increases and Allowances

Chapter 29: RENT REDUCTION DENIED

  • Access
  • Decrease in Apartment Services
  • Elevators
  • Evidence
  • Improvements/New Equipment
  • Miscellaneous
  • No Service Decrease
  • Procedure
  • Service Restored
  • Settlements
  • Suburban Decisions
  • Tenant Self-Help

Chapter 30: RENT REDUCTION ORDERED

  • Access
  • Decrease in Apartment Services
  • Decrease in Building Services
  • Evidence
  • Landlord Wins
  • Miscellaneous
  • No Service Decrease
  • Procedure
  • Repairs
  • Services Restored
  • Settlements
  • Suburban Decisions

Chapter 31: RENT RESTORED

  • Landlord Loses Landlord Wins
  • Suburban Decisions

Chapter 32: RENT STABILIZATION COVERAGE

  • Calculations
  • Code Challenges
  • Commercial/ Professional Use
  • Electrical Wiring
  • High-Rent Deregulation
  • Horizontal Multiple Dwelling
  • Landlord Wins
  • Miscellaneous
  • Not Required
  • Number of Units
  • Procedure
  • Substantial Rehabilitation
  • Suburban Decisions
  • Unit/Building Covered
  • Unit/Building Not Covered

Chapter 33: REQUIRED SERVICES

  • Air Conditioner
  • Appliances
  • Base Date
  • Electrical Wiring
  • Garbage
  • Miscellaneous
  • Not Required
  • Procedure
  • Refrigerator
  • Rent Restored
  • Required
  • Security Deposits
  • Suburban Decisions
  • TV Service
  • Venetian Blinds/Window Shades

Chapter 34: SECURITY DEPOSITS

 

Chapter 35: SHARING OF APARTMENTS

 

Chapter 36: SUBLETTING

 

Chapter 37: WAIVERS

  • Suburban Decisions

Chapter 38: WARRANTY OF HABITABILITY

 

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SHAPIRO'S DHCR DECISION FINDER is an invaluable source of information. And the way the chapters are organized makes it easy for me to find the decision I need … fast.”

 

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