NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL

Landlord Can't Discount Rent Based on Timely Rent Payment

October 20, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant’s legal registered monthly rent was $1,930, her preferential rent was $1,608, and a “discount rider” in tenant’s...

Landlord's Investigation of Tenant’s Military Status Insufficient

October 20, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. After tenant failed to answer or appear in response, landlord asked the court to be relieved of its obligation to file a sworn statement that tenant wasn’t...

Landlord Can Evict Rent-Stabilized Tenant After More Than 100 Short-Term Airbnb Rentals

October 20, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for profiteering. Landlord claimed that tenant engaged in short-term rentals that she advertised online. Tenant had lived in the three-bedroom apartment since 1995 and...

SRO Tenant Was Permanent Tenant Subject to Rent Stabilization

October 20, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that tenant was unregulated. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized. The building was an SRO, but landlord claimed that it was used for transient occupancy. The court ruled...

Court Sets Aside Jury Verdict Finding Tenant Created a Nuisance

October 20, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance. Other tenants of the six-unit building were disturbed by tenant’s conduct. They described the smell of cigarettes and marijuana coming from the apartment,...

Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Domestic Partner Gets Apartment

October 20, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. Tenant’s former domestic partner claimed succession rights. Tenant had moved into the apartment in 1983. His partner moved in with him in...

No Lease Violation Where Sister's Dog Only Visited Tenant’s Apartment

October 20, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict tenants for violating their lease. Landlord claimed that tenants were illegally keeping a dog in their apartment without landlord’s prior written permission. Tenants and landlord signed a...

Rent Demand Defective

September 24, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict hotel tenant for nonpayment of rent totalling $187,000. The court granted tenant’s request to dismiss the case based on a defective rent demand. The demand sought rent for a two-year...

No Rent Abatement for Second-Hand Smoke Claim

September 24, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for...

Landlord's Notices to Tenant Were Contradictory

September 24, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict Section 8 tenant, claiming that tenant had failed to complete recertification with NYCHA, which resulted in termination of her rent subsidy. Tenant claimed that landlord’s notice to cure...

Tenant Can Review Pre-Base Date Rent Records

September 24, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent....

Tenant's Husband Claims Succession Rights

September 24, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after tenant died and asked the court to rule without a trial, claiming that there was no question of fact. Occupant claimed that he was tenant’s husband, had...