Former building tenants, all low-income Latinos, sued the Nassau County Village of Farmingdale and landlord for housing discrimination. Between 1999 and 2004 the village expressed interest in redeveloping the area...
Landlord sued to evict tenant. The court ruled against landlord and awarded tenant $7,395 in attorney's fees. Both landlord and tenant appealed. Landlord claimed that that court wasn't authorized to award...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for chronic nonpayment of rent. The case was adjourned in court a number of times during 2012. Tenant never appeared. Instead, tenant's nephew appeared, stating that...
Landlord asked the DHCR to establish maximum base rents (MBRs) for rent-controlled tenants in its building complex. The DHCR set the rents using the standard MBR formula. Landlord then sought Article 78 judicial...
Former tenant roommates sued landlord in small claims court for return of the security deposit as well as for damage to their property resulting from a bedbug condition in the apartment. The court ruled for tenants,...
Landlord cooperative corporation sued in 2004 to evict tenant shareholder for nonpayment of maintenance. The court ruled for landlord in 2006. While the case was pending the co-op also voted to terminate tenant...
Landlord sued to evict tenant. Tenant asked the court to disqualify landlord's attorneys from representing landlord in the proceeding based on a claimed conflict of interest. The court ruled for tenant. Landlord...
Landlord sued to evict rent-controlled tenant based on illegal activity in tenant's apartment. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court. Tenant agreed to judgment for the landlord and issuance...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on roof work, including work performed on the building roof terrace. The DHCR ruled for landlord. Tenants filed an Article 78 court appeal, and the case was reopened for...
Landlord leased a section of its SRO hotel to a counseling center that operated an outpatient substance-abuse program. The counseling center, in turn, rented 89 rooms to participants under transitional residency...
Tenant brought an HP proceeding in housing court to force repairs. Tenant claimed that noise coming from the boiler directly beneath her apartment created a violation. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case and...
Tenant sued landlord NYCHA for wrongful eviction. The court ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that he had been illegally locked out of his apartment. But tenant had moved to Virginia to live...
