In November 1983, the landlord commenced a nonpayment proceeding against the tenant. In response, the tenant raised the affirmative defense of breach of the warranty of habitability, alleging the existence, since January 1982, of numerous unsafe and unhealthy conditions in her apartment and the common areas of the building. She also counterclaimed, seeking, inter alia, a full rent abatement as well as compensatory and punitive damages totaling $18,500 and injunctive...
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