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...
Landlord sued to evict tenants, claiming that they were unregulated. Tenants claimed that they were rent stabilized. The court ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and won. As the prevailing party, tenants then...
Landlord sued to evict HUD Section 8 tenant, at the request of the Bronx DA, for unlawful use of the apartment for drug trade. The court granted tenant's request to dismiss the case. Tenant had been arrested near...
Landlord sued to evict rent-controlled tenant, who failed to appear in court. Landlord claimed that tenant didn't provide access to the apartment on three separate occasions and created conditions that were a...
Landlord sued NYCHA, seeking retroactive payment of a suspended Section 8 rent subsidy for tenant's apartment. The court ruled for landlord, finding its demand untimely. The subsidy was suspended in 2009 after an...
