Tenant sued landlord in small claims court for $3,300, claiming that landlord’s failure to make proper repairs caused damage to her personal property. The court ruled against tenant, finding that tenant’s...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. The court granted tenant’s request to dismiss the case because landlord had accepted two rent checks from tenant after tenant’s...
Tenant brought an HP proceeding against landlord, seeking correction of building violations. Landlord, tenant, and HPD signed a Consent Order for correction of the violations issued by HPD in November 2014 and a...
Nineteen landlords sued NYCHA. In their Article 78 mandamus proceeding, they claimed that NYCHA arbitrarily delayed or refused to even acknowledge receipt of, routine requests for rent increases available under the...
Tenant sued Appellate Term judges, court clerk, and landlord's attorneys in federal court, based on decisions against him in eviction proceedings. The court dismissed the case. Among other things, the court ruled...
A family member claiming succession rights sued landlord NYCHA in federal court, in connection with a pending eviction proceeding commenced by NYCHA against him. The family member claimed that he had been...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment. The court ruled for landlord based on tenant's failure to answer the petition. Tenant then asked the court to vacate the default, claiming that he had an excuse for...
Former tenant sued landlord in federal court, claiming civil rights violations due to illegal eviction and that landlord took him to criminal court. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case as frivolous. The...
The administrator of the estate of a co-op apartment owner sued to evict the owner's son after sending a 30-day termination notice. The son claimed that he was entitled to the co-op shares, had lived there for...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for making unauthorized apartment alterations. Both sides were represented by attorneys and agreed to mark the case off the court's calendar while conducting pretrial questioning and...
Landlord sued to evict tenant. Landlord claimed that tenant created a nuisance and substantially breached his lease by chronic nonpayment of rent. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that landlord...
Landlords, RSA, CHIP, and other organizations sued the DHCR to challenge the agency's extensive January 2014 amendments to the Rent Stabilization Code, including amendments that established a Tenant Protection...
