SUBLETTING

Landlord Can't File Second Case After First Case Settled

July 15, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for unauthorized subletting. Landlord claimed that tenant lived in either the apartment next door, a home in New Jersey, or some other unknown location. Landlord also...

Rent-Stabilized Tenant Is Illusory

April 12, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenant sued to evict apartment occupant. Tenant claimed that occupant was a licensee, but she was in fact a month-to-month subtenant. Tenant lived in a separate rent-stabilized apartment on the same...

Landlord Didn't Prove Tenant Sublet Without Consent

December 11, 2012    

Yonkers landlord, a cooperative corporation, sued to evict tenant shareholder for unauthorized subletting, in violation of tenant's proprietary lease. Tenant claimed that the board of directors had illegally...

Tenant Who Collected Rent Overcharge Can't Cure Illegal Sublet

December 11, 2012    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for overcharging unauthorized subtenants. The trial court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Generally, a landlord must give a tenant notice of alleged...

Loft Tenant Can Cure Unauthorized Sublet

September 11, 2012    

Tenant Didn't Cure Illegal Sublet

January 11, 2012