Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. In response, tenant claimed breach of the warranty of habitability due to flooding and rodent problems in the apartment. The court ruled for tenant in part....
Landlord sued to evict licensee occupants from basement apartment after tenant moved out. Landlord claimed that the apartment was unregulated. Occupants claimed that the apartment was rent stabilized. The court found...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant in order to recover the apartment for his own use. The court ruled against landlord and dismissed the case. Landlord sent a lease nonrenewal and termination notice to...
Tenant sued landlord in federal court. Tenant suffered from renal disease and couldn’t safely go up and down seven flights of stairs to his apartment independently. Landlord didn’t offer tenant any...
Eight disabled New York City tenants enrolled in, or eligible for enrollment in, NYC’s Disability Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE) program sued the Department of Finance (DOF), claiming that DOF administered the...
Tenant sued landlord and Fire Department for negligence. Fire Department volunteers were carrying tenant out of the building on a gurney on the way to the hospital, when the gurney overturned in the driveway....
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for failing to renew a timely offered renewal lease. Tenant claimed that the renewal lease offered was improper because the registered rent history of the apartment...
Landlord sued to evict tenant in 2015 for chronic nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that it commenced 16 separate nonpayment proceedings against tenant since 2002. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement...
