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...
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...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for keeping a dog without landlord’s permission and in violation of her lease. Landlord also claimed that the dog created a nuisance by annoying and disturbing other tenants....
Albany landlord sued former month-to-month tenants in small claims court for one month’s rent after tenant moved out without 30-day notification. Tenants sent landlord a text message on April 30, 2016, that...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord based on tenant’s failure to appear in court. Tenant’s granddaughter then asked the court to either vacate the judgment...
Tenant sued landlord claiming illegal lockout. The court ruled that tenant was illegally locked out but wouldn’t give tenant possession out of fairness to new apartment tenants. Tenant then sought attorney...
