Tenant association entered into a tenant interim lease (TIL) program agreement with HPD in 2003. The program allowed tenants to form a low-income housing cooperative and eventually become homeowners provided that...
NYC firefighter sued tenant for damages after he was injured while fighting a fire in tenant's apartment. He claimed that tenant was negligent in leaving a hot plate plugged into a timer, in the "on"...
Landlords sued the NYC Water Board after the Board approved a one-time $183 credit for owners of one-, two-, and three-family dwellings. At the same time, the Board increased charges in 2017 for owners of apartment,...
Tenant sought assistance from two police officers outside her building, stating that her boyfriend was in her apartment bathroom with a gun. The police entered the apartment with tenant's permission, knocked on...
Landlord sued real estate broker who had rented landlord's Southampton property to tenant, after tenant never paid rent and landlord had tenant evicted. Landlord claimed that the broker had assured him that it...
New York’s highest court reviewed two similar cases. In the first case, a Brooklyn landlord sought to discharge an HPD lien for costs incurred by HPD to relocate tenants displaced from apartments as the result...
Landlords sued the NYC Water Board after the board approved a one-time $183 credit for 664,000 owners of one-, two-, and three-family dwellings. With this rebate, the board increased charges by 2.1 percent for fiscal...
Rent-stabilized tenants of SRO building sued landlord, claiming that landlord was using the building for short-term stays in violation of the Multiple Dwelling Law, and resulting in breach of the warranty of...
(Decision submitted by David Hershey-Webb of the Manhattan law firm of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP, attorneys for the intervenor-tenants.)
Cooperative shareholder tenants sued the co-op’s board of directors, claiming that the board breached its fiduciary duty to them by barring them from parking on grass behind their building. The court granted...
Landlord cooperative corporation sued to evict shareholder tenant for violating her proprietary lease. Landlord claimed illegal sublet and occupancy by tenant’s family members while tenant lived elsewhere....
Cooperative shareholder tenant sued the co-op corporation, claiming breach of fiduciary duty by the board and tortious interference with contract. Tenant sought to buy another apartment in the building while the...
