TENANT NUISANCES

Tenants' Operation of Day Care Home Didn't Violate Lease or Law

March 16, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenants for breaching their lease by running a day care center in the apartment in violation of the lease and applicable laws after DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for...

Landlord Doesn't Prove Tenant Violated Probationary Stipulation

February 16, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for engaging in objectionable conduct. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court. The agreement gave landlord a judgment of possession and an eviction warrant, which was...

NYCHA Can Evict Tenant Who Started Fire in Apartment

January 27, 2016    

Tenant filed an Article 78 appeal of landlord NYCHA’s decision to terminate his tenancy. Tenant claimed that NYCHA violated federal, state, and city antidiscrimination laws and that its decision was...

Landlord Didn't Prove Tenant Caused Water Leaks to Apartment Below

January 27, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nuisance, claiming that on two occasions tenant used a washing machine in his apartment, causing water to enter a vacant apartment and a basement area of the building. The trial...

Landlord Fails to Prove Claimed Nuisance Conditions

January 25, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for creating a nuisance. Landlord’s termination notice claimed that tenant made alterations to the apartment without landlord’s written consent, failed to...

Landlord's Termination Notice Was Too Vague

January 25, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for creating a nuisance. The court dismissed the case, finding that landlord’s termination notice wasn’t specific enough. Landlord appealed and lost. The...

Eviction Case Delayed Until Criminal Case Against Tenant Resolved

January 19, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for breaching her lease after tenant attacked another tenant with a cane. The attack resulted in the other tenant’s hospitalization and tenant’s arrest. On the eve of trial...

Son's Arrest for Illegal Drugs Insufficient Grounds for Eviction

December 21, 2015