EVICTION

Court Vacates Settlement After Landlord Renews Tenant's Lease

September 20, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict elderly rent-stabilized tenant in 2009, claiming that tenant refused access to the apartment to exterminate bedbugs. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court. Tenant agreed to...

Landlord Previously Rejected Tenant's Rent Payments

September 20, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent, claiming that tenant owed rent for at least eight months. Tenant claimed that it had sent rent payments, which landlord rejected during a time it disputed whether...

Tenant Used Residence for Commercial Purposes

September 17, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for violating her residential lease. Landlord also claimed that tenant owed $7,650 in back rent. Tenant claimed that landlord told her she could use the premises for commercial purposes...

Tenant Claims Retaliatory Eviction

September 17, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant from a two-family house after delivering a 30-day termination notice. Landlord claimed that tenant was unregulated and had remained in the apartment after his two-year...

Evicted Tenant May Seek Stay of Eviction Pending Appeal

September 17, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonprimary residence. In June 2013, the court ruled for landlord and stayed execution on the eviction warrant through July 15. On July 3, tenant served and filed a notice of appeal....

Landlord Can't Evict Tenant for Operating Daycare Center in Apartment

September 17, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict HUD tenant, claiming that tenant violated her lease by operating a daycare center in her apartment. Landlord and tenant, both represented by attorneys, signed a settlement agreement in court....

Tenant Sought Emergency Relief from City

August 9, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord, and an eviction warrant was issued. Tenant later asked the court to vacate the eviction warrant. The court ruled for tenant....

No Proof of Drug Traffic from Tenant's Apartment

July 15, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict HUD Section 8 tenant, at the request of the Bronx DA, for unlawful use of the apartment for drug trade. The court granted tenant's request to dismiss the case. Tenant had been arrested near...

Tenant Fails to Prove Eviction Was Retaliatory

July 10, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant after 26 years. Tenant paid $510 per month for the apartment, which had no kitchen, and performed custodial chores at the building. At some recent point, landlord...

Tenant Allowed Barred Son Back into Apartment

June 13, 2013    

Landlord NYCHA decided to terminate tenancy based on tenant's violation of a settlement agreement by which tenant promised that her adult son would be permanently excluded from her apartment. Tenant had allowed...

Landlord Can Evict Tenant for Chronic Nonpayment of Rent

June 12, 2013    

(Decision submitted by David M. Berger of the Brooklyn law firm of Tenenbaum Berger & Shivers LLP, who represented the landlord.)

Did Tenant Violate Lease by Not Moving to Different-Sized Apartment?

June 11, 2013    

(Decision submitted by Jason D. Boroff of the Manhattan law firm of Jason D. Boroff & Associates PLLC, who represented the landlord.)