Landlord sued to evict tenant of three-family house for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed source-of-income discrimination under NYC Human Rights Law. The court ruled against tenant. Tenant failed to prove that she...
Potential cooperative shareholder-tenant sued landlord cooperative corporation for rejecting his application to buy a co-op apartment. Tenant claimed discrimination because he was Mexican American. Tenant claimed a...
The NY Attorney General sued landlord and sought an injunction barring landlord from not accepting federal housing subsidized vouchers as a form of rent. The AG claimed that landlord's refusal to accept the...
Section 8 tenant sued to reverse a county hearing officer's decision to terminate his Housing Choice Voucher assistance. Tenant was a convicted sex offender, and a level 2 registered sex offender. The county had...
Two landlords sued New York City's Public Advocate for damages and asked the court to stop the Advocate from publishing the city's watchlist of 100 worst landlords. The city had published the watchlist in...
Residential tenants sued landlords and sponsors of their buildings, which were converted to cooperatives or condominiums, claiming that they had the right to seek nonpurchaser tenant status based on their status as...
Landlord sued to evict tenant based on noise complaints made by other tenants. The court ruled against landlord. Tenant was a victim of family domestic violence and therefore discrimination against her was prohibited...
Landlord asked HPD for a certificate of eviction against tenant. HPD scheduled a hearing, and tenant failed to appear twice. So HPD held the hearing without her and granted landlord the certificate of eviction....
Latino rent-stabilized tenants sued landlord for housing discrimination. They claimed that they were treated differently from their Hasidic Jewish neighbors and that landlord failed to provide adequate accommodations...
Landlords of residential properties in Cortland, N.Y., who rented properties primarily to groups of college students, sued the city in 2010. They claimed that a local ordinance requiring landlords to obtain rental...
Landlord cooperative corporation sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance. While that case was pending in housing court, tenant filed a complaint with the New York State Division of Human Rights (DHR) claiming...
Tenant, unable to enter or leave her apartment without being carried, asked landlord to install a wheelchair-accessible entrance to her unit by converting a window to a door. Landlord claimed that it couldn't do...
