NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL

Landlord Seeks Tenant's Eviction for Illegal Activity

November 24, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for conducting illegal activity in her apartment. Landlord tried to introduce proof of tenant’s criminal records. But those records had been sealed four months before landlord...

Landlord Created Nuisance by Illegal Short-Term Rentals

November 24, 2015    

The city sued landlord for illegally converting two buildings into illegal short-term hotels, claiming that landlord created a nuisance that must be abated. The court denied landlord’s request to dismiss the...

Son Claims Landlord Accepted Him as Tenant

November 24, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant’s son after tenant died in 2014. The son asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that he had succession rights. The son claimed that he had lived with tenant...

Tenant Gets Rent Abatement for Mold and Mildew

November 24, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed breach of the warranty of habitability. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court. Tenant agreed to pay back rent, and landlord...

Westchester County Loses HUD Funds

October 23, 2015    

In 2006, Westchester County was sued for submitting false claims to obtain housing funds from HUD. In 2009, the county signed a consent decree and agreed to pay $30 million to the federal government as well as $2.5...

Does Domestic Violence Excuse Tenant's Absence from Apartment?

October 23, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant’s brother after tenant surrendered possession of the apartment. Landlord claimed that the brother was a mere licensee whose permission to remain in the apartment...

Landlord's Attorneys Disqualified for Improper Discovery Methods

October 23, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. When landlord asked the court for permission to conduct pretrial questioning, tenant claimed that landlord’s attorneys were already...

Co-op Denied Purchase Application Based on Finances, Not Racial Discrimination

October 23, 2015    

Tenant shareholder sued landlord cooperative corporation for racial discrimination after landlord denied tenant’s 2010 application to buy an apartment next door to the three-bedroom unit he purchased in 1992....

Landlord Claims Tenant’s Smoking at Window Created Nuisance

October 21, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for creating a nuisance. Landlord claimed that tenant smoked cigarettes daily at her apartment window, which interfered with the comfort of other tenants. The court...

Tenant Can't Be Restored to Apartment Based on Typo

October 20, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict Section 8 tenant for nonpayment of rent in 2014. Tenant had moved out of the apartment, and her daughter unsuccessfully sought to have the rent subsidy transferred to her name. The court ruled...

Tenant Gets 60 Percent Rent Abatement for Apartment Conditions

October 20, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court.  By the time of trial, tenant owed $5,000 and claimed there were conditions in the apartment that...

Insufficient Proof Tenant’s Dog Created a Nuisance

October 20, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict tenant from federally subsidized apartment for nuisance based on a violation of the building’s no-pet policy. One of tenant’s dogs bit another tenant. The other tenant had sued...