Former rent-stabilized tenant sued building owner and asked the court to correct a 2008 DHCR rent administrator's order. In 2008, the DRA ruled that JPR Zito was the building owner and must refund rent...
Occupant of federally funded transitional housing program for formerly homeless individuals sued operator, claiming that he was unlawfully excluded based on claimed disruptive behavior. The court ruled for occupant...
Landlord sued to evict cooperative shareholder tenant for making unauthorized apartment renovations. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement by which tenant agreed to hire a licensed and insured plumber,...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant. Landlord appealed, and the DHCR found that the DRA had improperly disregarded certain cancelled checks that proved individual apartment...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming rent overcharge, improper deregulation of a rent-stabilized apartment, and fraud. Landlord, in turn, claimed nonpayment of rent. Tenant asked the court to dismiss landlord's...
Cooperative shareholder tenant sued landlord co-op corporation and co-op board members, claiming that they breached their fiduciary duty after tenant had a bedbug infestation in his apartment. Tenant claimed that the...
Tenant shareholder in a co-op building sued to evict subtenant for nonpayment of rent. Subtenant claimed breach of the warranty of habitability. The trial court ruled against tenant, gave subtenant a 100 percent rent...
Landlord applied in 2006 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-controlled apartment. The DHCR ruled against landlord. Tenant had apportioned the income reported on joint tax returns filed by her...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for subletting his apartment on a short-term basis in violation of ETPA Section 2507.7 and RPL Section 226-b. Landlord also claimed that the short-term rental utilized...
Landlord sued to evict tenant because tenant's guest committed a nuisance. The guest had kicked a glass door out of frustration and broke the glass, causing damage to the property. Tenant asked the court to...
Landlord cooperative corporation sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance. While that case was pending in housing court, tenant filed a complaint with the New York State Division of Human Rights (DHR) claiming...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for unauthorized subletting. The court ruled for landlord. Subtenant appealed and lost. Subtenant claimed illusory prime tenancy and that, therefore, he should get a rent...
