HPD sued landlord after issuing violations for lack of hot water at a building. Landlord didn't restore the hot water and didn't want to settle the civil penalties imposed. HPD then sought an order to correct...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for breaching his lease by creating cluttered conditions in his apartment. Landlord claimed that tenant created a fire hazard due to garbage, debris, other unsanitary...
Landlord sued to evict occupants of a rent-stabilized apartment after tenant died, claiming that they were either mere licensees of the tenant or squatters. One of the occupants filed a Hardship Declaration and ERAP...
HPD sued landlord, seeking correction of Housing Maintenance Code (HMC) violations at landlord's building. The claimed violations included harassment of tenants. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the harassment...
Tenants sued their roommate-cotenants as well as their landlord in an HP proceeding commenced in housing court. They shared the first-floor apartment in a two-family house with the roommates. The court noted that the...
Husband and wife, who lived in New York County, owned a second home in Suffolk County. The wife retreated there in March 2020 when the COVID pandemic struck. In August 2020, the husband sued for divorce in Suffolk...
Landlord sued to evict rent-controlled tenant's son after tenant died. The court granted landlord's request to strike the son's answer and granted landlord a final judgment of possession.
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission not to renew rent-stabilized leases and to demolish a rent-stabilized building. In 2010, the DRO ruled that landlord must pay stipends to eight displaced tenants. DOB had...
Tenants sued landlord, claiming harassment, nuisance, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The court granted landlord's request to dismiss the case without trial. Tenants appealed, and the case was...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant after serving a 30-day termination notice. The court granted tenant's request to dismiss the case. Landlord failed to cite in its petition any of grounds acceptable...
Rent-stabilized tenant sued landlord, claiming that landlord improperly removed a window air conditioner from her apartment. Tenant asked the court to: (a) rule on the case without a trial; (b) compel landlord to...
Loft tenant sued landlord in Housing Court and sought an order directing landlord and HPD to correct building violations under the Housing Maintenance Code (HMC). The court ruled for tenant, finding that the Housing...
