Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed that landlord had fraudulently set tenant's vacancy rent in 2008, based on a prior fictitious legal rent. The court ruled for tenant, found...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant had no current renewal lease and claimed that she had paid a preferential rent. Landlord was claiming that a higher legal rent was due and...
Landlord sued to evict rent-controlled tenant's granddaughter after tenant died. The granddaughter claimed succession rights. The court ruled for the granddaughter after trial and dismissed the case. Testimony by...
Tenant sued landlord for negligence after she opened a kitchen cabinet door and the cabinet suddenly fell on her from the wall. The court ruled for tenant without a trial. Tenant showed that the cabinet fell due to...
Mitchell-Lama tenants sued HPD after HPD authorized a 221 percent per room, per month rent increase and 2.5 percent increases for the following two years. Tenants claimed that HPD's decision didn't have a...
Landlord sued to evict tenant. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case. Tenant received a Section 8 voucher from NYCHA and landlord failed to comply with the Williams consent decree or properly state tenant's...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant in order to recover the apartment for owner occupancy. The court granted tenant's request to conduct pre-trial questioning. Information sought concerning landlord...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed that the rent demand was defective and asked landlord to dismiss the case. The court ruled for tenant. Tenant had paid rent for April, May, and...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for keeping a dog in violation of his lease. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case because landlord accepted rent payment during the window period after his tenancy was terminated...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for chronic nonpayment of rent after commencing eight nonpayment proceedings against tenant within 30 months. In each case, tenant paid the back rent owed and didn't raise defenses....
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for creating a nuisance. At trial, landlord showed that tenant caused two apartment fires in three months. The first fire, in tenant's bathtub, created a smoke...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenants for creating a nuisance. On the first court date, tenants and landlord signed a settlement agreement by which tenants agreed to move out. Tenants later asked the court...
