Landlords sued the NYC Water Board after the board approved a one-time $183 credit for 664,000 owners of one-, two-, and three-family dwellings. With this rebate, the board increased charges for owners of apartment...
Tenant in upstate two-family house sued landlord, claiming that landlord discriminated against him. Tenant was an army veteran diagnosed with PTSD who got a service dog as part of his treatment plan after renting the...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case because landlord accepted rent after termination of the tenancy but before commencement of the proceeding. Landlord...
Landlord sued to evict a cell phone service provider for violating its lease. Landlord had permitted the provider to install cellular communications equipment at the building. The lease permitted the provider to use...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed that she had paid all the rent demanded in the petition. The court ruled for tenant, dismissed the case, and awarded tenant $2,350 based on...
Landlord sued to evict HUD tenant for material noncompliance with her lease because tenant yelled and cursed at landlord’s employees in the management office. Landlord also claimed that, on another occasion,...
Owner of adult care facility sued to evict resident, claiming that he breached the admission agreement by his conduct and failure to follow facility rules. Landlord had terminated the admission agreement and brought...
Landlord sued to evict HUD Section 8 tenant and her son for material noncompliance with tenants’ lease based on criminal activity. Tenant’s son had pled guilty to statutory rape in another apartment...
After tenants received 30-day termination notices from landlord, they asked the court for a preliminary injunction to stop landlord from commencing eviction proceedings in housing court after the 30-day period was up...
Relatives of four tenants killed in a 2009 fire in a building in a poor neighborhood brought a civil rights lawsuit against the City of Utica. They claimed that their constitutional right to equal protection occurred...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for creating a nuisance after an occupant of tenant’s apartment removed a painting from a building lobby wall and left the building with it. Landlord claimed that...
Landlord sued to evict the resident building super after terminating the super’s employment. Tenant then filed a discrimination complaint with the City Human Rights Commission (HRC) claiming that landlord...
