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...
Mitchell-Lama tenants brought a combined Article 78 proceeding and court action against landlord, claiming that landlord improperly increased their rents. Tenants claimed that landlord’s original mortgage was...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court. Among other things, the agreement provided that landlord would forgive rent arrears but if tenant didn...
Tenant sued landlord in small claims court, claiming that he made a $1,000 rent payment in 2002 that was never credited to his rent account. The court ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. The small claims...
