Landlord sued to evict a live-in building super after the super's employment was terminated. The super asked the court to hold off on any ruling pending his claim filed with the Department of Labor for unlawful...
The adult child of former tenant, born in 1991, sued landlord for injuries she claimed she suffered from exposure to lead paint between 1991 and 1995 while she lived in an apartment owned by Albany landlord. Landlord...
Landlord sued to evict non-purchasing tenant in cooperative building for failure to renew her lease. Tenant claimed that failure to sign a renewal lease wasn't grounds for eviction under the Martin Act. The court...
Rent-stabilized tenant had lived in her apartment for over 40 years. After tenant's husband died in 2011, tenant was unable to pay her credit card debts totaling $23,000 and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Tenant...
Landlords, RSA, CHIP, and other organizations sued the DHCR to challenge the agency's extensive January 2014 amendments to the Rent Stabilization Code, including amendments that established a Tenant Protection...
In separate proceedings, landlord sued to evict tenants for improperly combining apartments without approval from landlord or DOB. The court joined the cases together, then marked the cases off calendar and said that...
Landlord sent tenant a renewal lease offer on June 1, 2010, for a lease to commence on Sept. 16, 2010. Tenant sent the renewal form back on June 10, having checked off the box indicating that she wouldn't be...
DOB ordered 85-year-old rent-controlled tenant to vacate her apartment while structural repairs were completed. At the same time, the DHCR issued an order confirming tenant's right to return to the apartment when...
Co-op shareholder-tenant complained to HUD that landlord was discriminating against her based on disability. Landlord had sued to evict her for keeping a dog in violation of her lease. Tenant claimed that it was an...
Commercial tenant sued landlord, claiming that he was illegally evicted from a residential portion of the premises. Landlord claimed that there was no agreement to rent any residential space. The court ruled against...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court. Landlord later sought eviction due to tenant's failure to pay the back rent as agreed. Tenant...
Resident of a three-quarter house for recovering addicts claimed that he was a tenant and was illegally locked out of the house by the program operator. The operator claimed that resident wasn't a tenant but only...
