Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $23,100, including triple damages. Landlord appealed the portion of the DRA's order that assessed triple damages,...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant, claiming that the building was exempt from rent stabilization due to substantial rehabilitation after Jan. 1, 1974. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized and asked the...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. The trial court granted tenant's request to dismiss the case. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord terminated the tenancy based on its...
The Town of Brookhaven filed criminal charges against landlord for violating the Town Code by converting a single-family home to multifamily use by alterations performed without required building permits and...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. The trial court ruled against landlord and dismissed the case. Although tenant owned two properties with the requirement that he maintain each...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-controlled tenant died, claiming that occupant had been tenant's licensee. Occupant claimed succession rights to the apartment. The trial court ruled for...
Landlord, the owner of a condominium unit, sued to evict tenant because he had decided to sell the unit. Tenant claimed that landlord's predicate notice was defective and asked the court to dismiss the case. The...
Cooperative shareholder tenant sued landlord co-op for failing to transfer shares to her for another apartment in the building owned by her husband. In response, landlord counterclaimed for attorney's fees. The...
Landlord sued to evict tenants husband and wife for nonpayment of rent. The husband defaulted by not appearing in court. The wife's mother appeared and told the court that the wife had moved out because the...
Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling in 2002 on a building's status, and claimed that the building was deregulated based on substantial rehabilitation completed between 1989 and 1991. The DHCR ruled against...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant after tenant's lease expired. Tenant claimed that she was rent stabilized and had been overcharged. The court ruled for tenant in part. Landlord claimed that the...
Condominium unit owners sued condo board, which had replaced the building's roof despite individual unit owners' renovation work. The court ruled against the unit owners, who appealed and lost. The unit...
