PASSING ON APARTMENTS

Daughter Gets Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Apartment

December 18, 2023    

Apartment occupant claimed succession rights to a rent-stabilized apartment after tenant died in August 2019. The tenant was occupant's mother. The DRA ruled for occupant. Landlord filed a request for...

Family Member in HUD Section 8 Building Had Succession Rights to Tenant's Apartment

December 18, 2023    

Apartment occupant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to give him a renewal lease and that he had succession rights to tenant's apartment. The DRA ruled against occupant, finding he had failed to...

Court Can Decide Occupant's Succession Claim in Nonprimary Residence Case Against Tenant

November 20, 2023    

Mt. Vernon apartment occupant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming that landlord refused to recognize his succession rights to a rent-stabilized apartment. Landlord answered and reported that it...

No Succession Rights for Daughter Where Rent-Stabilized Tenant Still Lived in the Apartment

November 20, 2023    

Apartment occupant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming that landlord refused to give her a lease in her own name after the rent-stabilized tenant moved out. The occupant claimed that she was the...

NYCHA Tenant's Son Can't Get Apartment

September 24, 2023    

NYCHA tenant's son claimed succession rights to an apartment after tenant died in 2018. NYCHA ruled against the son and denied his Remaining Family Member status application after a grievance hearing. The son...

Tenant's Granddaughter Can't Get Rent-Stabilized Apartment

September 22, 2023    

Apartment occupant, who claimed to be tenant's granddaughter, filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming that landlord refused to recognize her succession rights to the rent-stabilized apartment....

Nontraditional Family Member Gets Rent-Stabilized Apartment

August 29, 2023    

Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-stabilized tenant died, claiming that he was a licensee who no longer had a right to remain in the unit. The occupant claimed he had succession rights. After trial...

Succession Rights Claim by Tenant's Daughter Would Be Addressed by Court

August 28, 2023    

In 2022, rent-stabilized tenant's daughter complained to the DHCR that landlord failed to recognize her succession rights to the apartment. Landlord pointed out that it had started a pending housing court...

No Renewal Lease Required for Successor Tenant to Rent-Controlled Apartment

August 28, 2023    

A family member of former rent-controlled tenant claimed succession rights after tenant died, and complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to give him a renewal lease in his own name. The DRA ruled for the family...

Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Daughter Gets Apartment

August 27, 2023    

The daughter of a rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR in 2022 after landlord refused to give the daughter a renewal lease after tenant died in September 2021. The daughter claimed she had succession rights...

Occupant Who Lived in Apartment with Tenant's Permission Was a Licensee, Not a Squatter

June 27, 2023    

Landlord commenced a summary eviction proceeding in 2023 to evict a squatter. Landlord claimed that the squatter had no right to occupy the apartment. The court granted the occupant's request to dismiss the case...

Court Denies Pre-Trial Discovery to Occupant Claiming Succession Rights

May 23, 2023    

Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-stabilized tenant moved out. The occupant, who said he was tenant's son, claimed succession rights. After conducting pre-trial questioning, landlord asked the...