EVICTION

Tenant Can't Be Restored to Apartment Based on Typo

October 20, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict Section 8 tenant for nonpayment of rent in 2014. Tenant had moved out of the apartment, and her daughter unsuccessfully sought to have the rent subsidy transferred to her name. The court ruled...

Landlord Can Evict Tenant Who Didn't Pay Back Rent

September 24, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court, giving landlord a judgment and eviction warrant that was stayed provided tenant paid $7,500 in back...

Tenant Seeks to Evict Former Girlfriend

September 22, 2015    

Tenant sued to evict apartment occupants, who were a woman and her son, claiming that they were licensees who no longer had his permission to live in the apartment. Occupant claimed that she had a family relationship...

Landlord Can't Evict Tenant Whose Son Visited Briefly

September 19, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict tenant based on her son’s criminal activity. Landlord and tenant signed a probationary stipulation in court. Tenant agreed to exclude her son from the apartment. Landlord later asked a...

Landlord Can Eject Occupant of Illegal Cellar Apartment

August 24, 2015    

Landlord sued to eject occupant from illegal cellar apartment. The apartment had been rented to occupant’s ex-wife in 1997. Occupant had been listed on the household composition form until 2006 when his name...

Insufficient Proof of Drug Sales from Tenant’s Apartment

August 24, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict elderly, disabled tenant for illegal use of tenant’s apartment after tenant’s son was arrested there. Police removed three ounces of marijuana, a digital scale, and $1,900 in cash....

Evicted Tenant Must Be Reinstated Despite Rerental of Apartment

August 24, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict tenant in 2009 based on unauthorized subletting. The court ruled for landlord based on tenant’s default, and tenant was evicted in April 2010. It turned out tenant failed to appear in...

Landlord Can't Evict Tenant for Small Amount of Heroin Found in Apartment

August 24, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for selling drugs from his apartment, after police arrested three people in the apartment and recovered heroin and drug paraphernalia. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case,...

Tenant May Be Restored to Possession If She Pays Back Rent Owed

August 24, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed that there were apartment conditions needing repair. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court. The stipulation gave landlord a...

Tenant Can't Be Restored to Possession

August 18, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict tenants for nonpayment of rent. Both tenants defaulted, and landlord then signed a court-ordered settlement agreement with apartment occupant. Judgment was entered for landlord, with the...

Tenant Evicted on Default Seeks Restoration to Re-rented Apartment

July 23, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict rent-controlled tenant for unauthorized subletting. The court ruled for landlord based on tenant’s failure to appear in court. Landlord recovered and re-rented the apartment. Tenant later...

Tenant Violated 17-Year-Old Agreement to Exclude Girlfriend from Apartment

July 23, 2015    

Landlord NYCHA issued an eviction order against elderly tenant, finding that he had violated a stipulation signed 17 years earlier in which he agreed to exclude his girlfriend from the apartment. At the time, the...