Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. After a long court history, including two appeals on a prior nonpayment case, the court denied landlord's motion to restore the case for a determination on...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant based on nonprimary residence. Tenant didn't appear, but her son successfully claimed succession rights. He appeared without an attorney. The court and appeals court...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA dismissed the complaint, finding that the apartment wasn't rent stabilized. Tenant appealed and won, in part. The DHCR found that the apartment was rent...
Landlord sued to evict an employee from an apartment in its building after his employment was terminated. Landlord claimed the apartment use was incidental to the employment. The court dismissed the case, then denied...
Landlord sued tenant, seeking a declaration that his apartment was deregulated. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized and had been overcharged. He asked the court to dismiss the complaint, to find a rent...
Landlord sued in state Supreme Court to eject rent-stabilized tenant based on nonprimary residence. The court granted tenant's request to dismiss the case because landlord had vitiated its termination notice by...
Landlord sued attorneys who represented a tenant in its building that landlord had recently acquired. Landlord claimed that the attorneys made statements to media concerning landlord's alleged harassment of the...
Tenants signed a two-year unregulated lease in August 2005 at an initial rent of $5,195 per month. Landlord had removed the apartment from rent stabilization in 2003 under high-rent vacancy deregulation provisions of...
Tenant sued landlord in an HP proceeding. Landlord failed to appear in court, and after inquest, the court ruled that landlord was in civil contempt of the court's January 2022 default order, had engaged in...
Cooperative shareholder tenants sued landlord co-op corporation in an HP proceeding, claiming that there were hazardous violations based on mold conditions in their apartments. They further claimed the condition was...
A Mount Vernon tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and awarded him attorney's fees. Landlord appealed and argued that, because tenant was represented by Legal Services of Hudson Valley...
Tenant complained of improper apartment deregulation and rent overcharge. Tenant moved into the apartment in 2012 at an initial rent of $2,100 per month. The building was subject to a J-51 tax benefit from July 1,...
