Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed rent overcharge and pointed out that a 1989 DHCR rent reduction order was still in effect since a 1994 rent restoration application...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent, claiming that tenant owed over $14,000 in back rent. Tenant claimed breach of the warranty of habitability. Tenant had started an HP proceeding...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for creating a nuisance by repeatedly removing smoke detectors from her apartment and ultimately causing a fire at the building. Tenant testified at trial that she had...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for creating a nuisance by renting rooms in her apartment on a short-term basis without landlord's consent and for illegal use of the apartment by operating a bakery...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming improper apartment deregulation and rent overcharge. Tenant moved into the apartment in 1999 at a monthly rent of $1,400. In 2017, landlord advised tenant that her lease wouldn't be...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for illegal subletting and profiteering. Landlord claimed that tenant engaged in short-term rental of her apartment between September 2014 and June 2015. Landlord claimed...
Tenants' association sued landlord, claiming that violations of the Housing Maintenance Code existed at the building. The court ordered landlord to correct the violations, and HPD was awarded penalties of $129,...
NYC Department of Finance (DOF) issued a ruling in February 2016 that tenants' household improperly received both SCRIE and DRIE benefits and that DRIE benefits credited to landlord therefore must be...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-stabilized tenant died. The occupant claimed that he was a nontraditional family member of tenant's and had succession rights to the apartment. The court ruled...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for violating a substantial obligation of her tenancy by refusing to renew her lease. Tenant claimed that the renewal lease offered was improper. Tenant was the first...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. After initially signing a settlement agreement in court, tenant later obtained an attorney and asked the court to vacate the agreement, allow her...
Landlord sued to evict NYCHA tenant for material noncompliance with his lease by failing to provide apartment access on two dates for repairs. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that landlord's...
