Occupant Claiming to Be Partner of Evicted Tenant Doesn't Get Succession Rights

Apartment occupant filed a lease violation complaint in 2023, claiming succession rights and stating that landlord failed to give her a renewal lease after rent-stabilized tenant was evicted from the apartment. Occupant said that she lived in the apartment with tenant for at least two years and that he was her life partner. The DRA ruled against occupant, who appealed and lost. Landlord had commenced an eviction proceeding against tenant and "Jane Doe." Apartment occupant who complained to the DHCR was the "Jane Doe" in the housing court case. Both tenant and occupant had been evicted. Occupant had raised no good cause to stay the eviction in the housing court case. So her DHCR lease violation complaint was properly dismissed.

Oliveria: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. LX410005RT (6/5/24)[2-pg. document]