TENANT NUISANCES

No Notice to Cure Required in Nuisance Case

December 16, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict rent-controlled tenant for creating a nuisance by keeping her apartment in an unsanitary manner. Landlord claimed that the apartment was in filthy condition, filled with garbage, stench, and a...

Landlord Can't Seek Damages from Tenant That Ran Homeless Shelter

December 15, 2013    

Landlord sued the City of New York, its Department of Homeless Services, and the Salvation Army, which had leased landlord's building. Tenant operated a homeless center there under an agreement with the...

Landlord's Notices Didn't State Sufficient Facts

November 15, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance. Landlord claimed that tenant and her guests had engaged in antisocial, disruptive, destructive, dangerous, and illegal behavior in and around the building....

Landlord Can Evict Tenant for Severely Cluttered Apartment

November 15, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for creating a nuisance in the building that interfered with the comfort and safety of landlord and other tenants. Landlord claimed that there was an overpowering and...

Tenant Evicted for "Collyer" Condition in Apartment

November 13, 2013    

(Decision submitted by Adam P. Cooper of the Manhattan law firm of Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C., attorneys for the landlord.)

Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a...

Tenant's Yelling Didn't Create Nuisance

October 13, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance by objectionable conduct. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court that placed tenant on probation for five years. Tenant agreed not to shout,...

Landlord Claims Tenant's Pit Bulls Attacked Another Dog, Terrified Residents

October 13, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for creating a nuisance by allowing three large pit bull dogs to run free off their leashes. Landlord claimed that this terrified other tenants and that one of tenant...

Tenant Claims Apartment Occupants Are Her Caregivers

October 13, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for violating substantial obligations of her tenancy. Landlord claimed that tenant allowed subtenants to live in the apartment without landlord's written consent, and to cause a...

22-Day Termination Notice to Section 8 Tenant Was Sufficient

October 10, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict project-based Section 8 tenant for conducting criminal activity at the building. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that landlord's termination notice was insufficient....

NYCHA Tenant's Girlfriend Sold Heroin from Apartment

June 10, 2013    

Landlord NYCHA decided to terminate tenancy for nondesirability because tenant's girlfriend sold heroin to a confidential police informant at tenant's apartment on two separate occasions. Tenant appealed,...

Insufficient Proof of Illegal Drug Trade at Tenant's Apartment

May 15, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nuisance based on the illegal sale or distribution of narcotics. Landlord claimed that it had been notified by the Bronx D.A.'s office that a police search of the apartment had...

Cure Notice Required for Conduct Cited in Termination Notice

May 15, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nuisance, claiming that tenant interfered with the comfort and safety of other tenants in the building by stuffing papers in the lobby door lock, smoking cigarettes...