Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent, claiming tenant owed $15,500. Landlord noted that tenant was charged a preferential rent provided that rent was paid on time. Tenant argued that...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant, who claimed that landlord's action was retaliatory, in violation of Real Property Law Section 223-b. The court ruled for tenant. An HRA program paid most of tenant...
Landlord sued to evict HUD housing tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and failure to state a cause of action. The court found that tenant...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed that landlord couldn't collect rent because the building didn't have a proper Certificate of Occupancy (C of O). The court ruled for tenant...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case. Landlord sought unpaid rent at the monthly rate of $1,174 listed in tenant's 2019 lease. But tenant didn't...
Landlord sued to evict former Starrett City Mitchell-Lama tenant's son for nonpayment of rent since August 2016, when tenant's last lease expired. The son had claimed successor status after tenant died. The...
Landlord of privately owned, project-based Section 8 building sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord had terminated tenant's housing assistance and charged her market-rate rent due to tenant's...
Landlord sued tenant for nonpayment of base rent and additional rent owed under tenant's lease. The court ruled for landlord, finding that tenant defaulted in rent payments. Tenant appealed and won. The late fees...
Landlord sued former tenant in small claims court, claiming that tenant owed $2,100 in legal and late fees. Tenant in turn claimed $5,000 in legal fees. The court ruled against landlord and awarded tenant $5,000 for...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case because landlord didn't send tenant a written notice that rent hadn't been received. This notice was now...
Landlord of Mitchell-Lama co-op building sued to evict shareholder tenant for nonpayment of maintenance. Tenant claimed that the rent demand was defective because landlord sought rent for months prior to her...
