SUBLETTING

Landlord Can't Add DOB Fine for Short-Term Rentals to Cure Notice Requirement

August 28, 2017    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for using the apartment for illegal transient use and operating an illegal hotel. Landlord didn't dispute that tenant had stopped the illegal short-term rentals...

Landlord Claims Co-op Tenant Unlawfully Sublet Apartment

July 27, 2017    

Landlord cooperative corporation sued to evict shareholder tenant for subletting her apartment to her daughter without permission, in violation of the proprietary lease. Tenant claimed that the daughter lived in the...

Notices Reasonably Advised Tenant of Landlord's Claim

June 27, 2017    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for illegal subletting or assignment of tenant's apartment. The court denied tenant's request to dismiss the case based on his claim that landlord's notice to...

Landlord Can Evict Tenant for Short-Term Sublet Profiteering

June 24, 2017    

Landlord sued rent-stabilized tenant, seeking ejectment and claiming that tenant's rent-stabilized lease was validly terminated due to tenant's subletting and profiteering. Both sides sought a ruling...

Landlord's Notices of Illegal Sublet Were Insufficient to Support Eviction Petition

March 30, 2017    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for illegal subletting. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, arguing that landlord’s notice to cure and termination notice were insufficient. The court ruled for tenant and...

Landlord's Claim of Illegal Subletting Wasn't Supported by Allegation of Facts

March 29, 2017    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for subletting or assigning his apartment without landlord’s permission. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, arguing that landlord’s termination...

No Illusory Tenancy Found in Connection with Tenant's Illegal Sublet

March 29, 2017    

Landlord sued to evict tenant and subtenant for tenant’s illegal subletting. The subtenant claimed illusory tenancy. The court ruled for landlord, finding that tenant and subtenant participated in a scheme to...

Landlord Can Evict Tenant Who Conducted Short-Term Rentals Through Airbnb

December 15, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for unlawful subletting of her apartment and profiteering. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost.

Termination Notice Didn't Properly Make Claims for Illegally Subletting

November 28, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict HUD Section 8 tenant after sending a 10-day termination notice based on material noncompliance with tenant’s lease. Landlord claimed that tenant had assigned or sublet the apartment...

Landlord Couldn't Support Its Illegal Sublet Claim

October 25, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for unauthorized subletting. Landlord claimed that tenant lived outside the city and had sublet or assigned the apartment to a named individual without first obtaining...

Landlord Can't Maintain Illegal Sublet Claim

June 21, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for violating a substantial obligation of his tenancy. Landlord claimed that tenant no longer resided in the apartment and had sublet it without landlord’s...

Landlord Denied Discovery on Short-Term Rental Claim Against Tenant

June 17, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for unauthorized use of the apartment for short-term rentals. Landlord claimed that tenant used the apartment as an unlawful hotel. Landlord asked the court for...