Tenants sued landlord in federal court for housing discrimination after landlord refused to renew their lease. Landlord had told tenants they should live elsewhere to be closer to treatment facilities due to their...
Petitioner, claiming that he was landlord, sued to evict tenant. Tenant claimed that it had no landlord-tenant relationship with petitioner and asked the court to dismiss the case. Landlord argued that tenant became...
In November 2012, HPD inspected landlord's building and issued three Class "I" violations, which directed tenants to vacate their apartments. These orders followed prior HPD violations that were placed...
Rent-stabilized tenant sought additional attorney's fees after successfully defending against landlord's appeals of a lower court's order. The court ruled for tenant and awarded a judgment for $49,470....
Landlord sued to evict nine tenants for nonpayment in consolidated proceedings. In each case, tenants claimed that the amount of rent sought was incorrect. In 1993, the DRA had issued a rent reduction order based on...
Tenant moved into an apartment on March 1, 2013, before signing an unregulated one-year lease. Tenant paid landlord one month's rent and one month's security deposit. When landlord showed up a few days later...
A visitor to landlord's building sued landlord after she overstepped a step at the building entrance and fell. The visitor claimed that the length of the step in relation to the door was insufficient. Landlord...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for conducting an illegal business trade from her apartment. Landlord claimed that tenant's daughter, an apartment occupant, sold oxycodone to an undercover police...
Former Mitchell-Lama tenant filed an Article 78 court appeal of HPD's decision to revoke her Section 8 rent subsidy. HPD claimed that tenant's appeal was filed too late. The court ruled for HPD and dismissed...
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...
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...
