NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL

Termination Notice Didn't Specify Illegal Activity

December 16, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for using her apartment for illegal or immoral purposes. The court granted tenant's request to dismiss the case without a trial. Landlord started the case after the police made...

Tenant Didn't Violate Lease by Not Paying Electricity

December 16, 2013    

Landlord sent Section 8 tenant and HPD a notice to cure, claiming that tenant violated the terms of her lease by failing or refusing to pay electrical charges. Landlord then sent tenant a termination notice, followed...

Tenant Gets Extra Month to Vacate

December 16, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant of two-family house for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement that converted the case to a holdover proceeding. Tenant consented to entry of a...

Landlord Can't Bring Nonpayment Case Against Non-Tenant

December 16, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict occupant of HPD co-op apartment for nonpayment of rent, claiming that tenant owed over $15,000 for a 13-month period. Occupant claimed that landlord waited too long to seek eviction for...

Building Converted to Four Apartments Is Rent Stabilized

November 18, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that he was unregulated. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized and that he had been overcharged. The court ruled for tenant. In 1994, prior landlord had reduced the number...

Chronic Nonpayment Claim Dismissed

November 18, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for chronic nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that seven prior nonpayment proceedings were brought against tenant between 1994 and 2011. Tenant asked the court to...

Nonrenewal Notice Ineffective for Deemed Lease

November 18, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant in 2012 for nonprimary residence after sending tenant a 90- to 150-day lease nonrenewal notice. Tenant claimed that landlord's nonrenewal notice was untimely because...

Tenant Makes Eight Requests to Delay Eviction

November 18, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that tenant owed $2,360. Tenant was receiving benefits under HRA's Family Eviction Prevention Supplement (FEPS) program in...

Construction Noise Didn't Breach Warranty of Habitability

November 18, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that tenant owed $58,000 in back rent, which included $4,200 in late fees. In response, tenant claimed breach of the warranty of habitability,...

Tenants in J-51 Building Can Pursue Class Action

November 15, 2013    

Former and current tenants sued landlord, claiming that landlord charged them excessive rents and removed more than half of the 1,000 apartments in the building complex from rent stabilization or rent control after...

Landlord Proved Costs of Facade Work

November 15, 2013    

Rent-stabilized tenants filed an Article 78 court appeal of a DHCR order granting landlord's application for MCI rent increases based on exterior facade work and installation of security cameras. Tenants claimed...

NYCHA Tenant Can Keep Pit Bull Dog

November 15, 2013    

NYCHA ruled that tenant couldn't keep her pit bull dog at the building. NYCHA's rules stated that pit bulls weren't allowed at its buildings unless the dog was a service dog. Tenant appealed, claiming...