EVICTION

Tenant Restored to Possession After HRA Agrees to Pay Rent Arrears

December 17, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court. Tenant agreed to pay rent arrears by a certain date or else face eviction. Tenant later was evicted...

Landlord Illegally Locked Out Rooming House Occupant

December 16, 2014    

Rooming house occupant sued landlord, claiming that he was a tenant illegally locked out by landlord. Landlord claimed that occupant was a licensee whose license was properly terminated. In April 2014, landlord...

Co-op Can't Evict Daughter After Shareholder Dies

November 25, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict the daughter and estate executor from co-op shareholder's apartment after the shareholder died. The court ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that the daughter...

Eviction Case Dismissed After Landlord Accepted Rent from Tenant

November 24, 2014    

Landlord sent tenant a renewal lease offer on June 1, 2010, for a lease to commence on Sept. 16, 2010. Tenant sent the renewal form back on June 10, having checked off the box indicating that she wouldn't be...

Commercial Tenant Wasn't Entitled to Live in Space Behind Salon

November 24, 2014    

Commercial tenant sued landlord, claiming that he was illegally evicted from a residential portion of the premises. Landlord claimed that there was no agreement to rent any residential space. The court ruled against...

Recovery House Resident Improperly Evicted

November 24, 2014    

Resident of a three-quarter house for recovering addicts claimed that he was a tenant and was illegally locked out of the house by the program operator. The operator claimed that resident wasn't a tenant but only...

Landlord Can Evict Manufactured-Home Park Tenants

October 27, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict 25 mobile-home tenants from a manufactured home park. Tenants asked the court to dismiss the cases, claiming that landlord's termination notices were improper and that landlord failed to...

Landlord Can't Evict Tenant for Running Daycare Service

October 24, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict HUD tenant for providing group family daycare in her apartment in violation of HUD rules. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case because Social Services Law Section 390 permitted, and...

Court Won't Restore Occupant Unlawfully Evicted from Condo

October 15, 2014    

A condominium unit owner sued the building owner, claiming illegal lockout. A lender had...

Is Rent-Stabilized Tenants' Agreement to Vacate Enforceable?

October 15, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenants, a husband and wife, after they failed to...

"Three-Quarter" House Can't Oust Participant Without Eviction Proceeding

September 25, 2014    

Former program participant at a "three-quarter house" sued the housing program facility operator, seeking to be restored to possession. The program had given occupant a bunk bed in an...