An apartment occupant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming that the tenant of record was an illusory tenant and that landlord should be directed to offer her a rent-stabilized lease instead. The...
Landlord sued tenant and Airbnb, claiming that tenant used her apartment for short-term rentals through Airbnb and other platforms, in violation of her lease. Landlord also claimed that Airbnb failed to verify that...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for illegally subletting her apartment. The court ruled for landlord after tenant failed to appear in court and it had conducted an inquest. Tenant later asked the court...
Tenant sued landlord in 2018, claiming that he was rent stabilized, that landlord falsely represented to him that his apartment was deregulated, that he had been overcharged, and that landlord engaged in an unlawful...
Landlord sued tenant, seeking reimbursement of fines imposed on it by city agencies because tenant illegally sublet her apartment through Airbnb. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case. She claimed that she had...
Three NYC residents who previously utilized short-term rentals of their apartments to supplement their income sued the city's Office of Special Enforcement (OSE), claiming that new rules issued to enforce Local...
Airbnb sued the NYC Mayor's Office of Special Enforcement (OSE), seeking to set aside new rules enacted by OSE under Local Law 18 of 2022. The rules require registration of dwellings to be rented out for short-...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenants and apartment occupants for an illegal sublet or assignment of the apartment without prior written consent by the landlord. Landlord claimed that the two tenants had...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for illegally subletting his apartment. The court ruled against tenant after tenant failed to appear in court or file an answer. The subtenant also failed to appear on an adjourned trial...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for illegal subletting and overcrowding. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that landlord's notice to cure and termination notice were fatally defective. The court...
Rent-stabilized tenant sued to evict apartment occupant as a licensee who, in turn, claimed that tenant was an illusory prime tenant and that she was entitled to be named the unit's rent-stabilized tenant....
Adopted on Jan. 9, 2022, this local law became effective on Jan. 9, 2023. The new Admin. Code Sections added to the law require short-term rental hosts to register with the NYC Mayor's Office of Special...
