were old and "nothing was level".
On redirect, Respondent testified that she did not view the relocation apartment in 2016, and
the first time she saw it was in the beginning of February 2017. When asked if it was her intent to
move when Leslie Roman notified her of an available apartment Respondent answered no,
"because prior to that conversation I had said to her at the beginning of the year I wanted to add
my nephew to the lease, he was in college, he had nowhere to stay. She said I had to wait until I
had to recertify. Then the stuff came up about moving." Upon reviewing the papers from the HP
Action Respondent clarified that she first went to court on that case on February 22, 2017 and the
inspection followed on March 1, 2017.
Regarding the conditions in the subject apartment Respondent testified about a property
damage action she had filed in Civil Court in 2015 in which she won $600 for damage to her
coats in the hallway closet and an order to repair the living room floor which had been water
damaged. Regarding the HP Action she filed in 2017 Respondent testified that she spoke with
[*10]Ms. Lora about the conditions and the work was done in
October or November 2018 by a super from another building, using materials she had
purchased.
Petitioner's Rebuttal Case
Petitioner called its on-site superintendent Teovaldo Estevez Ramirez as a rebuttal witness.
He has worked for Petitioner for more than five years. He was familiar with both the subject
apartment and the relocation apartment, having made repairs in the former and supervised repairs
in the latter. He identified photographs taken of the relocation apartment, although he could not
specify a date when they were taken, saying they showed how the apartment looked in