Instead, according to the suit, the 23-year-old was handed a bill for $114,225, including $87,225 for damages to the property, plus two months' rent based on an illegal increase to $13,500 per month.
"A rent-regulated tenant only has to pay the regulated rent," Mr. Ng said, adding that any additional fees the landlord tries to impose, even those he may be required to pay by the co-op, would be considered an illegal increase in rent.
Mr. Abramson also said that if the letter writer is a rent-regulated tenant, and has previously been allowed to use the air-conditioner without having to pay a surcharge, it is possible that the imposition of a surcharge at this point would be considered an illegal rent increase.
Hubbard, 54, now superintendent in Newport-Mesa Unified, is facing three felony counts in Los Angeles County Superior Court of misappropriating public funds stemming from allegations that he gave Roque an illegal salary increase totaling about $20,000, and gave illegal bonuses to former district Facilities Director Karen Anne Christiansen.
"Our strategy," Mr. Mancino said, "succeeded in protecting our members from Bell Atlantic's illegal increases in H.M.O.
Blood doping - an illegal means of increasing an athlete's red blood cell count to gain a physical edge - has been a scourge in many sports, but a similar process occurs naturally during pregnancy.
The number of American citizen children who have at least one parent who is an illegal immigrant has increased rapidly since 2003, according to a report published on Tuesday by the Pew Hispanic Center, a nonpartisan research group in Washington.
24-26, 2006) found 74 percent favor "major penalties" on employers of illegals, and 70 percent believe illegals increase the likelihood of terrorism and 57 percent would use military force at the Mexican-American border.
Earlier this year, six patients in New York City hospitals were treated after snorting heroin laced with clenbuterol, an illegal drug used to increase lean body mass in cattle.
Page A11 NEW REPORT ON IMMIGRANT PARENTS About four million American children have at least one parent who is an illegal immigrant, a rapid increase since 2003, according to a nonpartisan research group based in Washington.
Hubbard is charged with misappropriating funds for Christiansen, giving her an illegal $20,000 stipend and increasing her car allowance.
