NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL

Trial Needed to Determine Whether Tenant’s Grandson Has Succession Rights

February 18, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict rent-controlled tenant for nonprimary residence after learning that tenant moved to a nursing home in July 2008. Tenant’s grandson claimed succession rights. He had lived in the apartment...

Termination Notice Didn't Give Section 8 Tenants Chance to Discuss Issue

February 18, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict HUD Section 8 tenants for violating their lease. Landlord claimed that tenants failed to disclose on their 2014 income recertification that their daughter and grandchild lived in the apartment...

Court Reinstates Disabled Tenant After Eviction

February 18, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord and issued an eviction warrant. Tenant obtained seven delays of the eviction over a two-year period, claiming that he would pay the...

Four Nonpayment Cases in 14 Years Didn’t Prove Chronic Nonpayment

February 18, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for chronic nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that it brought four prior nonpayment proceedings against tenant. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case for failure to show a breach...

Tenant's Grandson Gets Rent-Stabilized Apartment

February 18, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict apartment occupants after rent-stabilized tenant died in January 2015. Occupants, who were tenant’s son and grandson, claimed succession rights. They asked the court to rule in their...

Tenant’s Son Can't Get Rent-Stabilized Apartment

January 27, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant’s son after tenant died. The court ruled for landlord based on the son’s failure to appear in court. Landlord discontinued the case against “John Doe...

Tenant Claims Rent Payment Wasn’t Credited

January 27, 2016    

Tenant sued landlord in small claims court, claiming that he made a $1,000 rent payment in 2002 that was never credited to his rent account. The court ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. The small claims...

Landlord's Claim for Chronic Nonpayment Dismissed

January 27, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for violating her lease by chronic nonpayment of rent. The court granted tenant’s request to dismiss the case. A prior case based on chronic nonpayment was settled and converted to...

Claim That Tenant Illegally Sublet Apartment Was Too Vague

January 19, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict Section 8 tenant for illegal sublet or assignment of her apartment to “John Doe” or “Jane Doe.” Tenant claimed that landlord’s notice to cure and termination...

Notice Inconsistently Gave Tenant Option to Remain If Dog Removed

January 19, 2016    

Landlord cooperative corporation sued shareholder tenant after terminating his proprietary lease. Landlord claimed that tenant kept a dog in his apartment in violation of the building’s occupancy agreement and...

Eviction Case Delayed Until Criminal Case Against Tenant Resolved

January 19, 2016    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for breaching her lease after tenant attacked another tenant with a cane. The attack resulted in the other tenant’s hospitalization and tenant’s arrest. On the eve of trial...

Court Appoints Special Master to Enforce Mold Remediation

January 19, 2016    

Public housing tenants brought a class action against landlord NYCHA in federal court under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). They claimed that NYCHA failed to abate mold and excessive moisture in their...