NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL

Landlord Can't Seek Late Fees in Rent Demands

June 24, 2015    

Section 8 tenants sued landlord, claiming that landlord...

Landlord Can't Re-Use Termination Notice for Second Eviction Case

June 24, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant in order to recover the apartment for his own use. The court ruled against landlord and dismissed the case. Landlord sent a lease nonrenewal and termination notice to...

Tenant's Widow Didn't Get Fair Hearing on Succession Claim

June 24, 2015    

NYCHA tenant’s 72-year-old widow claimed succession...

Landlord Can't Deduct Extermination Costs from Security Deposit

June 16, 2015    

Former tenant sued landlord in small claims court, seeking...

Former Tenants Claim Landlord Misrepresented They Could Have Dog

June 16, 2015    

Warren County landlord sued former tenant for breach of the lease after tenants moved out of the apartment early, without notice. Tenants claimed fraud in the inducement. They said they told landlord they were...

Tenants Properly Notified of Loss of Rent Subsidies

June 16, 2015    

Two tenants sued NYCHA, claiming inadequate notification...

Tenant Gets 35 Percent Rent Abatement for Water Damage

June 16, 2015    

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

Successor Tenant Not Responsible for Prior Tenant’s Rent Arrears

June 16, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after tenant died...

Co-op Waited Too Long to Enforce Cohabitation Provision

June 15, 2015    

Landlord cooperative corporation sued to evict tenant shareholders. Landlord claimed that tenants violated their proprietary lease by permitting their children to live in the apartment while not residing with them....

Eviction Case Based on Illegal Apartment Activity Was Untimely

May 19, 2015    

In January 2014, Landord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for using the apartment for an illegal trade or business. Landlord claimed that on Sept. 21, 2011, tenant possessed and maintained loaded firearms and...

Landlord Must Name Tenant in Eviction Case Against Remaining Apartment Occupants

April 20, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict apartment occupants. Tenant had moved out in 2009, and landlord claimed that occupants were merely tenant's licensees. Occupants claimed that tenant hadn't surrendered the apartment and...

Landlords Can Sue NYCHA for Failing to Process Rent Increase Applications

April 20, 2015    

Nineteen landlords sued NYCHA. In their Article 78 mandamus proceeding, they claimed that NYCHA arbitrarily delayed or refused to even acknowledge receipt of, routine requests for rent increases available under the...