Landlord sued to evict tenant for chronic nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court that put tenant on probation. Tenant then failed to pay rent on time in June 2015 and didn'...
(Decision submitted by Lester J. Figueroa of the Manhattan law firm of Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C., attorneys for the landlord.)
HPD terminated tenant's Section 8 rent subsidy after finding that a member of tenant's household engaged in drug-related criminal activity from the apartment and that tenant was aware of it. Tenant then filed...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for chronic nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court. The court later denied tenant's request to stay execution of the eviction warrant based on...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court, which gave landlord a possessory and monetary judgment. Tenant later asked the court to vacate the...
In July 2015, landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling as to the legal regulated rent of tenant's apartment. Tenant had moved into the apartment in August 2006. Prior landlord had received J-51 benefits for the...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to amend the 2012 annual registration filed for tenant's apartment. Landlord had registered the rent as $882.71 for tenant "Thomas Marcello" under lease starting...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed breach of the warranty of habitability. The court ruled for tenant in part, giving him some rent abatement. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant...
Landlord NYCHA sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed that her rent was calculated incorrectly and asked the court to dismiss the case. The court ruled for tenant. NYCHA was required by law to...
Landlord of HUD Section 8 housing sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that rent increases resulted after tenant failed to complete the annual recertification process required by HUD. Tenant...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that there was no rental agreement for the amount landlord claimed was due. Landlord, in turn, asked for...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court by which tenant agreed to pay the back rent owed. Shortly before the payment deadline,...
