Tenant sued elevator service company after she was injured when her building elevator closed unexpectedly on her. The court granted the elevator company's request to dismiss the case without a trial. Tenant...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-controlled tenant died. The occupant claimed succession rights. The court granted landlord's request to conduct pretrial questioning of the occupant but denied...
Tenant association entered into a tenant interim lease (TIL) program agreement with HPD in 2003. The program allowed tenants to form a low-income housing cooperative and eventually become homeowners provided that...
In 2007, NYCHA charged tenant with nondesirability based on its claim that tenant's son possessed and sold crack cocaine at or near the building complex grounds. Tenant signed a settlement agreement with landlord...
Tenant sought a writ of prohibition against enforcement of a housing court order after the court granted landlord's request for re-executing a warrant of eviction. The court ruled against tenant, who appealed and...
Landlord sued to evict rent-controlled tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed that landlord failed to properly calculate his rent in light of J-51 tax relief and fuel cost adjustments. The court ruled for...
NYCHA tenant's daughter claimed succession rights to the apartment after tenant died. NYCHA denied the daughter's request, finding that she didn't qualify as a remaining family member. The daughter filed...
Tenant, unable to enter or leave her apartment without being carried, asked landlord to install a wheelchair-accessible entrance to her unit by converting a window to a door. Landlord claimed that it couldn't do...
Landlord sued to evict SRO hotel occupant, claiming that she was unregulated and that there was no landlord-tenant relationship. The court ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Trial testimony showed that...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. Tenant claimed that she maintained the apartment as her primary residence and stayed with her mother only to care for her. The court denied...
