Landlord sued DOB, seeking removal of fines, penalties, and violations issued by DOB since December 2017 based on illegal short-term apartment rentals. Landlord had been fined a total of $87,000 since that time....
Tenant sued the YWCA, which received federal funding to provide supportive housing to tenant in landlord's building. After tenant was evicted, tenant claimed housing discrimination by the YWCA under the Fair...
Landlord sued to evict tenant, a mentally and physically disabled resident of a housing facility in a state- and city-funded Supported Apartments Program, for nonpayment of rent. Tenant then sued landlord in federal...
Landlord, a cooperative housing corp., sued to evict shareholder tenant for objectionable conduct. After 20 years of nuisance behavior and repeated written notices, landlord's board of directors held a special...
Landlord of privately owned, project-based Section 8 building sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord had terminated tenant's housing assistance and charged her market-rate rent due to tenant's...
Landlord of three-family dwelling sued to evict month-to-month tenant who received Living in Communities (LINC) program benefits. Landlord claimed that there was no effective lease. The court ruled against landlord...
Prospective tenant who never took occupancy sued landlord for return of a $3,200 security deposit submitted with a lease application. A lease was never executed because the parties didn't agree on some of the...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenants for nonprimary residence. The trial court ruled for tenants in part, and denied possession to landlord. Tenants were a married couple. The husband bought a house in the...
Landlord sued to evict tenant after notifying him of a deterioration of the property's plumbing and sewage pipes that could lead to hazardous living conditions. The court granted tenant's request to dismiss...
Landlord sued to evict Mitchell-Lama co-op shareholder tenant for nonprimary residence and unlawful subletting without landlord's consent. Tenants asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that landlord's...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed breach of the warranty of habitability and a stale rent claim. The court found that the rent payment wasn't stale since the oldest rent due was...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant based on illegal activity in the apartment. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant claimed no knowledge of other occupants' activities. But the apartment was used for...
