Former tenant sued landlord in Nassau County small claims court for refund of his $3,300 security deposit after vacating two apartments in the building. Landlord counterclaimed to recover $5,000 for repair costs,...
Former tenant sued landlord for return of his $12,950 security deposit after he moved out of the premises. Tenant had asked landlord to perform a joint inspection of the property before he vacated, but landlord...
Tenant rented a house from landlord for a two-month period during July-August 2020, and gave landlord a $20,000 security deposit. At tenant's request, landlord allowed tenant to vacate early, on July 24, 2020....
Former tenants sued landlord, seeking recovery of double the amount of their security deposit after they moved out. Tenants claimed that they gave landlord written notice of their vacatur on July 15, 2020, after...
Former tenant sued landlord in small claims court, seeking return of her $4,803 security deposit plus damages. Tenant claimed that landlord willfully violated GOL Section 7-108(1-a)(e). After trial, the court awarded...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant but found that tenant's rent arrears totalling $3,162 were greater than the $713 overcharge. So no overcharge refund was...
A Nassau County tenant sued former landlord in small claims court, seeking to recover her security deposit. The court ruled for tenant based on landlord's default and awarded her $1,615. The court subsequently...
Former tenant of a condominium unit sued landlord in small claims court, claiming that landlord failed to return tenant's $10,000 security deposit after tenant moved out on March 26, 2021. Landlord disputed the...
Former rent-stabilized tenant sued landlord in small claims court seeking $2,655 in damages for failure to return her security deposit, among other things. Tenant later amended her claim to increase the amount of...
Tenant sued former landlord in small claims court for return of her security deposit as well as damages for a breach of the warranty of habitability. The trial court ruled for tenant and awarded her $2,738.
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge after moving out of her Yonkers apartment. She claimed that landlord charged her two months' security deposit when she moved in, along with two...
Tenant complained to the DHCR in 2013 of rent overcharge. He lived in a building that received a RPTL 421-g tax abatement. But landlord claimed that the unit was unregulated and had refused to give tenant a renewal...
