Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed rent overcharge and asked for permission to conduct pre-trial questioning. Tenant sought documentation for rent charged for the...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after Section 8 tenant died. Occupant claimed succession rights. He said he was tenant’s domestic life partner and co-parent of their two children for over 40 years. He...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $59,581 with triple damages. Landlord appealed, and the DHCR revoked the triple damages. On its own and in...
Landlord sued permanent tenant, claiming abuse of process and sought a permanent injunction barring tenant from filing any further proceedings or motions without prior court approval and unless tenant was represented...
Tenant moved into a new building receiving 421-a tax benefits in 1994. In 2008 landlord informed tenant that, when the 421-a benefits expired in 2009, he would no longer be subject to rent stabilization. Tenant asked...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case based on landlord’s failure to properly describe the premises or to properly register the building as a multiple...
Landlord sued to evict hotel-stabilized tenant and his girlfriend/roommate, claiming that tenant didn’t maintain the apartment as his primary residence. Landlord also claimed that the roommate was a...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after tenant died. Occupant claimed succession rights to the apartment and landlord asked the court for permission to conduct pre-trial questioning. Occupant objected. He had...
Landlord sued to evict supportive housing tenant for allowing guests to visit the apartment without advance notice to landlord and without disclosing their identification. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case,...
Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that the apartment was unregulated due to high-rent vacancy deregulation. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized. The court ruled for tenant and dismissed the case. DHCR...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant’s granddaughter after tenant died. Landlord claimed that the granddaughter was a licensee, but the granddaughter claimed that she had succession rights. The court...
Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant, claiming that tenant was unregulated. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized. The court ruled for tenant and dismissed the case. Tenant said that he bought the...
