Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. In response, tenant claimed breach of the warranty of habitability and rent overcharge. The court ruled for tenant. Landlord was on notice of...
Landlord sued to evict cooperative shareholder tenant for operating a daycare business out of her apartment. Landlord claimed that this violated tenant's proprietary lease, which permitted residential use only....
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant for repeatedly subletting her apartment on a short-term basis without landlord's permission and in violation of her lease. Tenant advertised the apartment on Airbnb and...
Forty-seven rent-stabilized tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. Landlord appealed, claiming that any failure to maintain services was de...
Landlord sued to evict Section 8 tenant for nonpayment. Tenant claimed that landlord's predicate rent demand was defective and asked the court to dismiss the case. The court ruled for tenant. Landlord claimed...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. The trial court ruled against landlord. Tenant had lived in the apartment for 35 years. Landlord claimed that tenant was away and may have been...
Landlord NYCHA terminated tenancy because tenant violated an agreement to exclude her grandson from her apartment. Tenant filed an Article 78 appeal of NYCHA's decision. The court ruled against tenant. Tenant had...
Landlord sued rent-stabilized tenant and tenant’s sister in State Supreme Court, claiming that they owed over $78,000 in back rent or use and occupancy. Tenant moved into the apartment in 1989. Tenant’s...
Landlord sued two co-tenants for breaching their lease. One tenant defaulted. The other claimed that she was 17 years old when she signed the lease and therefore wasn't responsible for complying with its terms....
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. Tenant claimed that landlord's lease nonrenewal notice was defective and asked the court to dismiss the case. The court ruled for tenant....
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant based on nonprimary residence. Landlord claimed that tenant lived in New Jersey and sublet the apartment without landlord's permission. Tenant claimed that he was...
Tenant sued landlord for negligence, after he slipped and fell down a flight of stairs in landlord's building. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without a trial. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant...
