Immediately following issuance of Administrative Order AO 158/22 on June 29, 2022, the NYC Civil Court issued DRP-223 on June 30, 2022, concerning management of motions for default judgments in residential and...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. When tenant and undertenants named in the court caption failed to respond, landlord asked the court for entry of a default judgment, issuance of an eviction...
A mortgage lender, FNMA, sued to evict occupant, who had owned the property, in a post-foreclosure eviction proceeding. Occupant signed a settlement agreement in 2019 but failed to vacate as agreed. Eviction was...
The owner of a one-family home sued to evict occupant in October 2021. The occupant filed a Hardship Declaration at that time, then filed for ERAP assistance in February 2022. The court stayed the proceeding based on...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-controlled tenant died. Occupant claimed that she was a nontraditional family member who had succession rights to the apartment. The trial court ruled for occupant...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-stabilized tenant died. The occupant claimed succession rights as tenant's adopted child, and also filed an ERAP application. Despite landlord's request to...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenants in a holdover proceeding after tenants' lease expired in 2018. Landlord obtained a money judgment for rent arrears owed as of Jan. 15, 2020, in the amount of $279,000,...
Landlord of a two-family house sued to evict tenant in September 2020 for nonpayment of rent. Tenant answered the petition in October 2020, then on Jan. 4, 2022, filed a Hardship Declaration that stayed the...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant after the expiration of a 90-day termination notice served before tenant's lease ended. Tenant argued that he had applied for ERAP assistance before landlord started the...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant when tenant's lease ended, after serving a 60-day termination notice. The court stayed the proceeding upon learning that tenant had filed an ERAP application, and placed...
Landlord sued tenant, claiming illegal lockout under RPAPL Section 713(10) and commencing the case by order to show cause. The Housing Court initially declined to sign landlord's order to show cause, finding that...
Landlord sued to evict tenant Gomez for nonpayment of rent in 2021. On the initial court conference date in April 2022, landlord's attorney appeared, tenant appeared pro se, and an attorney appeared for...
