Tenant sued landlord, claiming harassment. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case. He claimed that tenant no longer lived in the apartment and therefore had no standing to sue. Tenant denied that she had moved...
Landlord cooperative corporation sued a shareholder tenant for defamation. The co-op claimed that after losing an election for board president to another proprietary lessee, the tenant created a public Facebook group...
Rent-stabilized tenant sued landlord in 2016, claiming harassment in violation of NYC Admin. Code Section 27-2005(d) that interfered with his tenancy in order to drive him out of his apartment, along with breach of...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized SRO tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court dismissed landlord's claim at trial based on landlord's default, but considered the counterclaims raised in tenant's...
Tenant sued landlord in housing court for harassment, claiming that landlord violated NYC Admin. Code Section 27-2005(d). Tenant claimed that his next-door neighbor was loud, disturbed him, and failed to carpet his...
Tenants sued landlord, claiming building violations including harassment. The court ruled for tenants after an inquest at which landlord failed to appear. Tenants testified that landlord changed locks, illegally...
Tenants complained to the DHCR that landlord harassed them. The DHCR ruled for tenants after a hearing, finding that landlord harassed tenants in violation of the rent control law. Landlord filed an Article 78 court...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for refusing to renew her expired lease. Almost immediately after a trial started, landlord asked to discontinue the case because it couldn't make out all the...
Tenants brought an HP proceeding against landlord, seeking correction of building violations and also claiming harassment by landlord. Landlord and tenants signed a consent order to correct violations, and a trial...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant after tenant broke an agreement to move out in exchange for $20,000. In response, tenant claimed harassment by landlord. The court dismissed the case and imposed a civil...
Tenants' association sued landlord, claiming that violations of the Housing Maintenance Code existed at the building. The court ordered landlord to correct the violations, and HPD was awarded penalties of $129,...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for refusing to sign a renewal lease. Tenant claimed that landlord was harassing her. Tenant claimed that she had signed a renewal lease before landlord started the case...
