Landlord sued to evict tenant after her lease expired. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court that gave landlord entitlement to a money judgment for $10,250 in unpaid rent and use and occupancy....
Landlord sued to evict tenant for chronic nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that due to nonpayment, it had to start nonpayment proceedings against tenant in 2008, 2009, 2013, and 2014. Tenant asked the court to...
Landlord sued former tenant for unpaid rent and use and occupancy. The court ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. At trial, tenant showed that he was a month-to-month tenant at the time he moved out, that...
Tenant filed an Article 78 appeal to challenge Yonkers Housing Authority’s decision to terminate tenant’s participation in the housing voucher program. The court ruled for tenant. The housing authority...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed that she had paid all the rent demanded in the petition. The court ruled for tenant, dismissed the case, and awarded tenant $2,350 based on...
HPD terminated tenant’s Section 8 rent subsidy because tenant misrepresented his family composition. HPD ordered that the tenancy was terminated. Tenant filed an Article 78 appeal, claiming that HPD’s...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent, claiming that tenant owed $10,000. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that he never received a written three-day rent demand from landlord....
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed laches because landlord waited too long to start an eviction case based on nonpayment. The court ruled for tenant. Landlord sought back rent due...
Landlord sued tenant’s guarantor after tenant moved out and owed rent arrears. The guarantor claimed that the guaranty was inadmissible evidence because it was less than the required eight-point type. The court...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord based on tenant’s default but later granted tenant’s request to vacate the default judgment. Landlord...
Tenant sued landlord, seeking to rescind his lease for the summer rental of a Southampton property for $180,000. The court ruled for tenant. Landlord appealed and lost. Shortly after the lease started in May...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for chronic nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that it brought four prior nonpayment proceedings against tenant. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case for failure to show a breach...
