Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant with a Section 8 rent subsidy, claiming that she was a licensee/squatter. Tenant was the single mother of a severely autistic adult son and was the last remaining rent-...
Landlord's employee, an in-house landlord-tenant attorney, sued landlord and its managing agent for disability discrimination. In March 2020, landlord had instructed the attorney and other legal staff to work...
Tenants sued landlord in 2016, claiming rent overcharge and improper deregulation of their apartments while landlord received tax benefits under RPTL Section 421-g. In 2017, the court ruled that tenant's units...
Landlord provided supportive low-income housing in a building it owned. Landlord sued in State Supreme Court to eject tenant, along with a money judgment for use and occupancy and damages. Landlord claimed that...
Landlord sued month-to-month tenant who had moved out of an apartment, leaving behind a roommate that tenant had fought with during the COVID-19 pandemic after the roommate lost her job, couldn't pay her share of...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA later terminated the overcharge proceeding based on a letter from tenant's attorney stating that tenant agreed to withdraw the complaint based on a...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained that landlord failed to offer him a timely lease renewal and didn't register his apartment. The DRA ruled for tenant based on landlord's failure to answer the complaint....
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant, at the District Attorney's request, based on alleged use of the apartment for illegal trade and sale of controlled substances. Tenant was unable to obtain an...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance. During the course of the eviction proceeding, tenant's attorney was disbarred. This resulted in an automatic stay of the proceeding until 30 days after...
A disabled tenant sought permission to keep an emotional support dog. Landlord requested certain medical information. HUD found that landlord constructively denied tenant's request for a reasonable accommodation...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court. Tenant later asked the court to vacate the agreement and judgment of possession in landlord's...
Tenant’s attorney spotted five pinholes in the ceiling molding across the hallway from tenant’s apartment and discovered small cameras behind the pinholes that were pointed at tenant’s apartment...
