Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed breach of the warranty of habitability. HPD inspected the apartment and found a number of defective conditions. Landlord agreed, among other things...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant's son after tenant died. The son claimed that he had lived in the apartment for 38 years before tenant died in March 2012. The court granted landlord's request to...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant, claiming that he needed the apartment for personal use. Landlord said he and his wife wanted to move into tenant's apartment and leave his young adult daughter in...
Landlord sued to evict elderly rent-stabilized tenant in 2009, claiming that tenant refused access to the apartment to exterminate bedbugs. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court. Tenant agreed to...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent, claiming that tenant owed rent for at least eight months. Tenant claimed that it had sent rent payments, which landlord rejected during a time it disputed whether...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant so that she could recover the apartment for herself and her immediate family. Tenant asked the court for permission to conduct pretrial questioning, which is allowed in...
HPD denied tenant's application for a Mitchell-Lama apartment in landlord cooperative corporation's building. Tenant then filed an Article 78 court appeal, claiming that HPD's decision was arbitrary and...
Tenant's visiting friend was burned by scalding hot water while using the shower in tenant's bathroom. The friend sued landlord, claiming that it was responsible for her injuries. Landlord asked the court to...
Tenant's friend sued landlord for negligence after he fell from the building roof. The friend had visited tenant at the building 10 to 20 times and sometimes stayed overnight. One night he visited tenant, but...
Tenant sued landlord for damages based on injuries he suffered when he was severely burned by scalding hot water from the showerhead in his apartment bathroom. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without a...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupants as unauthorized licensees, claiming that the two rent-stabilized tenants of record had moved out and abandoned possession. The occupants asked the court to dismiss the case...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DHCR ruled against tenant, who then filed an Article 78 court appeal, claiming that the DHCR's decision was arbitrary and unreasonable. The court ruled for tenant. The...
