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Lease Limited Payable Rent to Prior Tenant's Rent Under SCRIE Program

October 28, 2019    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Prior tenant, who was tenant's mother, had SCRIE benefits and paid a reduced monthly rent of $555 under her 2016 and 2018 renewal leases....

Landlord Can Seek Eviction of Month-to-Month Tenant

October 28, 2019    

Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant from two-family house for nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that tenant owed rent totalling $35,680 for the period between January 2018 and May 2019. Tenant asked the...

Landlord Must Renew Preferential Rent Under LINC Rider to Lease

October 23, 2019    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court, but tenant later asked the court to vacate or modify the settlement stipulation. The...

Rent-Stabilized Tenant Still Responsible for Rent If Renewal Lease Not Offered

October 23, 2019    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant argued that, because his last renewal lease expired on July 31, 2017, and he had no current renewal lease, he didn't owe rent. The...

SCRIE Benefit Is Deducted from Legal Regulated Rent, Not Preferential Rent

September 25, 2019    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent, claiming tenant owed $5,106. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that landlord failed to properly credit his Senior Citizen Rent...

Rent Demand Didn't Provide Prior Notice of Rent Surcharge

September 24, 2019    

Landlord sued to evict Mitchell-Lama co-op tenant based on nonpayment of rent. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that landlord was time-barred from collecting back rent dating to 2012 under the six...

City Didn't Give Section 8 Tenant Pre-Termination Hearing

September 22, 2019    

Tenant sued the City of New Rochelle, which administered tenant's federal Section 8 rent subsidy. The city informed tenant by a May 2018 letter that her Section 8 subsidy was terminated. But then, despite June 8...

Did Landlord Wait Too Long to Seek Rent in Eviction Proceeding?

August 27, 2019    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent, claiming that tenant owed $28,708. Tenant claimed that landlord waited too long to seek payment of rent owed, and that the delay was unreasonable and inexcusable...

Rent Demand Included Excessive Late Fee Claim

August 27, 2019    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that landlord's rent demand was defective. The rent demand included a claim for a late fee that tenant...

Landlord Didn't Provide Rent Receipts to Tenant

August 26, 2019    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent, claiming that tenant owed $11,575 at$1,479 per month for the period between July 2018 to January 2019 plus $1,221 for June 2018. Tenant claimed...

Tenant Excused from Apparent Default During Probation Period

August 26, 2019    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for chronic nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court, putting tenant on probation for a year with tenant agreeing to pay monthly rent in certified...

Landlord Can't Get Back Rent from Tenant Who Moved Out Under Surrender Agreement

August 21, 2019    

Landlord sued former rent-stabilized tenant for unpaid rent after tenant moved out of the apartment. The court ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Tenant moved out after landlord sued to evict tenant and...