Tenants sued landlords and asked the court to designate the case as a class action. Tenants claimed rent overcharge and that landlords illegally or fraudulently engaged in a scheme to inflate rents in over 20...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent, claiming that tenant owed over $1,000 through April 2016. The court ruled for landlord based on tenant's failure to respond. Tenant later asked the court to...
Tenant sued landlord, seeking removal of housing violations. The court issued an interim order directing landlord to correct class B violations. Tenant later asked the court to hold landlord in contempt for failing...
Subtenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge and illusory tenancy. She moved into the apartment in 2006 and signed a lease with someone she thought was the building owner. But that person turned out to be the...
Landlord of two-family house sued to evict unregulated month-to-month tenant. The court ruled for landlord upon inquest after tenant failed to appear in court. Tenant later asked the court to reopen the case and...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed that her apartment had been improperly deregulated from rent stabilization and that landlord was overcharging her. The court granted tenant's...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for violating a substantial obligation of his tenancy. Landlord claimed that tenant failed to maintain his Section 8 voucher after uncorrected hazardous conditions in...
Landlord sued to evict a licensee occupant, who lived in one bedroom of the building super's basement apartment. The occupant had lived there over 10 years in a room that the super rented to him. The occupant...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed rent overcharge and fraud by landlord, and asked the court for permission to conduct pretrial question and document requests....
Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance by a continuing course of objectionable conduct. On the first court date, landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement putting tenant on probation for a year...
Landlord sued to evict loft tenant and occupant based on tenant's nonprimary residence. The occupant claimed that there was an illusory tenancy between landlord and tenant and that she should be deemed a tenant....
A woman sued to evict her sister, claiming the sister was a licensee and no longer had permission to remain in the apartment. The court dismissed the case, and the woman sought to reinstate it. The woman pointed out...
