Tenant Overcharged Roommates

March 1, 2006

LVT Number: 18676

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for profiteering. Landlord claimed that tenant overcharged her roommates. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Landlord proved that tenant rented a portion of her apartment to a series of guests or roommates at nearly double the monthly stabilized rent. Tenant advertised the apartment on the Internet and on her business cards as an ''affordable hotel'' and a bed-and-breakfast. Tenant's commercial exploitation of her rent-stabilized apartment required eviction under Rent Stabilization Code Section 2525.7.

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for profiteering. Landlord claimed that tenant overcharged her roommates. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Landlord proved that tenant rented a portion of her apartment to a series of guests or roommates at nearly double the monthly stabilized rent. Tenant advertised the apartment on the Internet and on her business cards as an ''affordable hotel'' and a bed-and-breakfast. Tenant's commercial exploitation of her rent-stabilized apartment required eviction under Rent Stabilization Code Section 2525.7.

W. 148 LLC v. Yonke: NYLJ, 2/13/06, p. 26, col. 3 (App. T. 1 Dept.; Suarez, PJ, Davis, Schoenfeld, JJ)

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