EVICTION

Tenant Can't Delay Eviction

December 17, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord and a final judgment was entered in landlord's favor in July 2012. Tenant, who owed landlord over $7,100, later asked the court...

Landlord Didn't Send Termination Notice Before Starting Eviction Case

December 16, 2013    

Tenant moved into an apartment on March 1, 2013, before signing an unregulated one-year lease. Tenant paid landlord one month's rent and one month's security deposit. When landlord showed up a few days later...

No Proof of Ongoing Drug Traffic at Tenant's Apartment

December 16, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for conducting an illegal business trade from her apartment. Landlord claimed that tenant's daughter, an apartment occupant, sold oxycodone to an undercover police...

Tenant Gets Extra Month to Vacate

December 16, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant of two-family house for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement that converted the case to a holdover proceeding. Tenant consented to entry of a...

NYCHA Terminates Tenancy Based on Chronic Nonpayment

December 16, 2013    

Landlord NYCHA terminated tenancy based on tenant's chronic nonpayment of rent. Tenant appealed, claiming that NYCHA's decision was unreasonable. The court and appeals court ruled against tenant. NYCHA's...

HUD Tenant Didn't Disclose Disqualifying Income

December 15, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict HUD tenant for material noncompliance with his lease. The trial court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. In both his initial 2002 application and in subsequent annual income...

Tenant Makes Eight Requests to Delay Eviction

November 18, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that tenant owed $2,360. Tenant was receiving benefits under HRA's Family Eviction Prevention Supplement (FEPS) program in...

Bankruptcy Stay Vacated

November 15, 2013    

After tenant's lease expired on Dec. 31, 2011, landlord started an eviction proceeding against tenant. In March 2013, the housing court ruled for landlord but stayed eviction for six months until September 2013,...

Tenants Violated Court Stipulation

November 13, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict tenants for chronic nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenants signed a probationary settlement agreement in court, which required tenants to pay rent on time in the future during the probation...

Tenant Sold Marijuana at Apartment

November 13, 2013    

Landlord NYCHA terminated tenant's public housing tenancy based on nondesirability and breach of NYCHA's rules and regulations. NYCHA's decision was based on the fact that tenant was selling marijuana...

Son of Deceased Tenant Must Start Eviction Case to Remove Brother from Apartment

November 13, 2013    

After rent-controlled tenant died, one of her sons ousted his brother from the apartment. The brother had been in possession of the apartment at the time and sued the son, seeking restoration to the premises. The...

Tenant Can't Claim Constructive Eviction Due to Hurricane Sandy

October 10, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant asked the court for permission to amend his answer to the petition, claiming breach of the warranty of habitability and constructive eviction. The court...