Landlord sued to evict vacancy-deregulated tenant. Tenant claimed rent overcharge. The court denied landlord's request to decide the case in its favor without a trial, based on rent history records. The court...
Landlord cooperative corporation sued to evict shareholder tenant for installing a washing machine in her unit in 2017 in violation of the building's house rules. Tenant pointed out that landlord had allowed her...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonprimary residence, along with her brother, who occupied the unit and who claimed himself to be a permanent hotel-stabilized tenant under Rent Stabilization Code Section 2520.6(j...
Landlord sued to evict Mitchell-Lama tenant for illegal use of his apartment in violation of Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law Section 711(5) and Real Property Law Section 231(1). The court ruled for landlord...
Landlord sued to evict tenant from cooperative apartment. The court granted tenant's request to dismiss the case, finding that the apartment wasn't properly identified in the court papers. Landlord appealed...
Brother of rent-stabilized tenant, who died in December 2017, sued landlord, claiming illegal lockout. The court granted landlord's request to dismiss the case. The brother claimed that he had lived with...
Tenant asked the housing court to be restored to possession of his apartment seven months after the eviction. The court ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. The court petition papers were properly served by...
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...
