NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL

HPD Must Reconsider Revoking Tenant's Rent Subsidy

November 15, 2013    

HPD terminated tenant's Section 8 rent subsidy after finding that tenant had misrepresented his income on his recertification affidavits. HPD had discovered that tenant owned unreported property in Florida....

Landlord's Notices Didn't State Sufficient Facts

November 15, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance. Landlord claimed that tenant and her guests had engaged in antisocial, disruptive, destructive, dangerous, and illegal behavior in and around the building....

Landlord Can't Recover Tenant's Small Apartment for 11-Member Family

November 15, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant to recover apartment for use by his brother, sister-in-law, and their nine children, who lived elsewhere in a small apartment. Tenant claimed that landlord wasn't...

Landlord Didn't Seek Tenant's Apartment in Good Faith

November 15, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenants, claiming that he needed their apartment for occupancy by his daughter and her family. Tenants claimed that landlord wasn't acting in good faith. At trial, landlord...

Landlord Can Evict Tenant for Severely Cluttered Apartment

November 15, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for creating a nuisance in the building that interfered with the comfort and safety of landlord and other tenants. Landlord claimed that there was an overpowering and...

Landlord Waived Rent from SRO Tenant

November 15, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict SRO cubicle tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that tenant owed rent at the rate of $9.61 per day since 2011. Tenant claimed the rent demand was improper. The court ruled for...

NYCHA Held in Contempt for Failing to Provide Hot Water

November 15, 2013    

Tenant sued landlord NYCHA in December 2010, seeking restoration of hot water in her apartment. In January 2012, tenant again sued NYCHA, once again claiming that she had no hot water. Tenant later asked the court to...

Landlord Didn't Properly Present Process Server's GPS Records

October 13, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant after tenant's lease expired. Tenant claimed that landlord failed to serve the court papers properly and therefore the court had no jurisdiction over her. The court held...

Tenant's Yelling Didn't Create Nuisance

October 13, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance by objectionable conduct. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court that placed tenant on probation for five years. Tenant agreed not to shout,...

Landlord Claims Tenant's Pit Bulls Attacked Another Dog, Terrified Residents

October 13, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for creating a nuisance by allowing three large pit bull dogs to run free off their leashes. Landlord claimed that this terrified other tenants and that one of tenant...

Landlord Overcharged Hotel-Stabilized Tenant

October 13, 2013    

Hotel-stabilized tenant complained of a rent...

Tenant Claims Apartment Occupants Are Her Caregivers

October 13, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for violating substantial obligations of her tenancy. Landlord claimed that tenant allowed subtenants to live in the apartment without landlord's written consent, and to cause a...