Three-Quarter House Tenants Claim Harassment, Unlawful Eviction

March 22, 2016

LVT Number: #26779

Landlord sued to eject six “three-quarter house” tenants from two buildings after it failed to obtain evictions in housing court cases. The premises weren’t half-way houses where residents were placed under a court order but were apartment buildings where landlord claimed that tenants weren’t protected by New York landlord-tenant laws. The tenants asked the court to stop landlord from proceeding against them and claimed harassment.

Landlord sued to eject six “three-quarter house” tenants from two buildings after it failed to obtain evictions in housing court cases. The premises weren’t half-way houses where residents were placed under a court order but were apartment buildings where landlord claimed that tenants weren’t protected by New York landlord-tenant laws. The tenants asked the court to stop landlord from proceeding against them and claimed harassment. The court ruled for tenants and issued a preliminary injunction barring retaliatory harassment as tenants were likely to succeed on their claims of unlawful eviction and harassment. 

 

 
NRI Group LLC v. Crawford: Index No. 159274/2014, NYLJ No. 1202749467064 (Sup. Ct. NY; 1/22/16; Bannon, J)

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