Former tenant sued landlord in small claims court in Rye, N.Y., for return of his security deposit. The court dismissed the case, finding that it had no jurisdiction over landlord or tenant. Landlord lived in Georgia...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed that landlord's rent demand and petition were defective because the claimed rent exceeded the contract rent. Tenant also...
Landlord sued to evict tenant, based on claimed illegal conversion of the apartment by tenant's installation of partitions and creating added rooms in the unit. Landlord asked the court to direct tenant to pay...
Landlord cooperative corporation sued to evict shareholder tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court granted tenant's request to dismiss the case, finding that landlord's rent demand didn't contain a good-...
Landlord HDFC sued to evict tenant, who had only a verbal rental agreement. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case because landlord hadn't stated any cause to terminate her tenancy in its court papers. The...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent in 2017. Other apartment occupants responded, claiming that they were the rightful tenants. They also claimed rent overcharge and that the monthly...
Landlord NYCHA sued to evict apartment occupant whose license to occupy the unit had expired. The occupant asked the court to dismiss the case because landlord didn't include required language in its eviction...
Tenant participated in a project-based Section 8 program in NYCHA housing. NYCHA sent tenant a T-3 termination notice dated Aug. 16, 2018, advising tenant that his Section 8 subsidy would be terminated in 45 days...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance by flooding his apartment as well as a downstairs neighbor's apartment. While the case was pending, landlord asked the court to award use and occupancy based...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant's family member signed a court-ordered settlement agreement that gave landlord possession and $6,000 in back rent owed. The court then...
Seventy-four tenants sued a number of landlords of different buildings for rent overcharge in one lawsuit that they sought to designate as a class action. Tenants claimed that there was a systematic effort...
