Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant based on now deceased tenant's failure to renew her rent-stabilized lease. Occupant claimed succession rights and the court stayed the eviction case pending the DHCR'...
The son of a rent-stabilized tenant claimed succession rights to the apartment in a complaint to the DHCR after tenant moved out. The son claimed that landlord refused to give him a renewal lease. The DRA ruled for...
An apartment occupant who claimed to be the grandson of a deceased rent-controlled tenant claimed succession rights by filing a complaint with the DHCR. The DRA ruled for the grandson. Landlord appealed and lost....
A not-for-profit organization that provided supportive housing to its program members was the rent-stabilized tenant of an apartment that it subleased to its licensee program member. When the program member died,...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-stabilized tenant died. Occupant claimed succession rights as the life partner of the tenant. The court ruled for occupant after trial. Four witnesses testified...
Apartment occupant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to give him a renewal lease. He claimed succession rights to a rent-controlled apartment he said he'd lived in with his grandmother since 2018. The...
Landlord sued to evict the son and daughter-in-law of a rent-stabilized tenant after tenant died. They claimed succession rights to the apartment. Landlord pointed out that these family members spent considerable...
A rent-stabilized tenant's son complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to offer him a renewal lease after tenant moved out of the apartment. The DRA ruled against the son, who appealed and lost. The DRA had...
Landlord sued to evict tenant's wife after a tenant of a former DHCR Mitchell-Lama Program building passed away. Landlord claimed that the wife was a licensee who no longer had a right to remain. The wife claimed...
After a rent-stabilized tenant died in 2019, landlord offered the remaining apartment occupant a new lease that included vacancy and longevity rent increases. The new tenant claimed that he was a successor tenant and...
Rent-stabilized tenant Jose Raez filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR in June 2020, claiming that he hadn't received a fully executed copy of the renewal lease that he received, signed, and returned to...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-stabilized tenant died. Landlord claimed that the occupant, who was the tenant's niece, no longer had a license to occupy the apartment. The trial court ruled...
