Landlord sued to evict four apartment occupants after rent-stabilized tenant died in 2011. Occupants claimed succession rights. After trial, the court ruled against landlord in part and found that two of the...
Landlord sued to evict the adult children of rent-controlled tenant who had entered a nursing home in 2010. Tenant's son and daughter claimed succession rights. Landlord claimed that they weren't entitled to...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for chronic nonpayment of rent. Landlord had brought five prior nonpayment cases against tenant since 2012. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case because landlord...
Tenant sued to evict roommate from the first-floor bedroom and common areas of the apartment they shared. The roommate asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that New York City owned the building and that...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for illegal activities in his apartment. Tenant claimed that landlord's 10-day termination notice was vague and that the case should be dismissed. The court ruled for tenant and...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized SRO tenant, claiming that tenant kept the unit in an unclean and unsafe manner. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case without a trial. She claimed that landlord's...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent, claiming that tenant owed over $4,300. Landlord and tenant settled the case in court by which landlord agreed to make repairs and tenant agreed to...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for engaging in drug-related criminal activity in or on the premises. Tenant claimed that landlord's termination notice was insufficient and asked the court to dismiss the case. The...
Tenant sued landlord for negligence after she slipped and fell where the building super had just mopped with soap and water but had not placed a warning sign in the area. The court denied landlord's request to...
Landlord sued to evict Mitchell-Lama co-op tenant, claiming that tenant violated her lease by keeping three small dogs in her apartment. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case. She claimed that she got rid of her...
Tenant was a nonprofit provider of "scatter-site" housing under a master lease with building owner to sublet apartments to eligible participants in its program to house ex-homeless persons with a substance...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for illegal subletting or assignment of tenant's apartment. The court denied tenant's request to dismiss the case based on his claim that landlord's notice to...
