Notice Didn't Give Relocation Information

January 1, 2000

LVT Number: 13764

Landlord sued to evict 15 tenants in Neighborhood Redevelopment Program housing. Tenants asked the court to dismiss the cases. They claimed that landlord's 20-day notices, which stated that tenants must relocate or face eviction, were defective. The court ruled for tenants. Landlord's notices should have advised tenants of substantially similar housing accommodations in the building or in a nearby building at the same rent and told tenants that they had 20 days to move into the other apartments or face eviction. Landlord's notices didn't offer tenants any other housing.

Landlord sued to evict 15 tenants in Neighborhood Redevelopment Program housing. Tenants asked the court to dismiss the cases. They claimed that landlord's 20-day notices, which stated that tenants must relocate or face eviction, were defective. The court ruled for tenants. Landlord's notices should have advised tenants of substantially similar housing accommodations in the building or in a nearby building at the same rent and told tenants that they had 20 days to move into the other apartments or face eviction. Landlord's notices didn't offer tenants any other housing. Landlord claimed that it couldn't offer tenants specific housing without first finding out the size of their families. But this didn't matter. The law required landlord to offer units that were similar to tenants' current apartments.

Quisqueya Hous. Corp. v. Various Tenants: 696 NYS2d 746 (1999) (Civ. Ct. NY; Ling-Cohan, J)

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