NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL

Landlord Must Pay Fine for Harassing Rent-Stabilized Tenant

November 22, 2016    

Rent-stabilized tenant sued landlord in housing court for...

Tenant Claimed Advance Rent Payment Was Made While He Traveled

November 22, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict rent-controlled tenant for nonpayment...

Landlord Can Start New Eviction Case for Owner Occupancy

November 22, 2016    

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 Gets Attorney's Fees After Settling Disability-Related Claim

November 22, 2016    

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...

Tenants Claim DOF Policies Prevented Renewal of DRIE Benefits

November 21, 2016    

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...

Landlord Not Responsible for Tenant's Injuries When Gurney Overturned

November 21, 2016    

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....

Tenant Claims Renewal Lease Improper Based on Inconsistencies with Rent Registrations

November 21, 2016    

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...

Resident Claims Shelter Violated Fair Housing Act by Failing to Provide Halal Meals

November 21, 2016    

Resident sued homeless shelter in federal court, claiming that...

Tenant Violated Settlement Agreement Three Times

October 28, 2016    

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...

Court Reduces Tenant's Rent to Amount of Last Properly Registered Rent

October 25, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed rent overcharge. The court ruled for tenant. Landlord failed to properly register the apartment with the DHCR and increased tenant...