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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...