Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent in the amount of $248 and obtained a default judgment against tenant. Tenant then asked the court to vacate the default judgment, dismiss the case, and sanction...
Landlord sued tenant and tenant's guarantor for unpaid rent, use and occupancy, and attorney's fees. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case. He claimed that there were rent-impairing violations. Landlord...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for allowing other people to live in the apartment's recreation room, in violation of tenant's lease. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that...
Landlord sued to evict family member successor tenant of rent-stabilized apartment for failure to sign a renewal lease. Tenant claimed that the offered rent amounts were incorrect. In 2005, the prior landlord had...
Prior landlord sued to eject tenant. New landlord later asked the court for permission to substitute into the case as the plaintiff, and also asked the court to direct tenant to pay past, present, and future use and...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that the rent amount demanded was more than the last registered rent. The court ruled against...
Landlord sued rent-stabilized tenants in State Supreme Court, seeking recovery of $59,000 in back rent now owed since tenants stopped paying rent in March 2020. Tenants responded with claims of rent overcharge. They...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent, claiming that tenant owed back rent of $13,800. The court ruled for landlord based on tenant's default, but the parties agreed to reopen the case after tenant...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for MCI rent hikes. The DHCR ruled for landlord in part but denied portions of landlord's application. Landlord then filed an Article 78 court appeal, and the court annulled the DHCR...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. The DHCR ruled against tenant, who filed an Article 78 court appeal and lost. The court and appeals court didn't find that the DHCR's ruling...
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to demolish a building containing rent-stabilized apartments. The DHCR ruled against landlord, finding that the owner hadn't submitted a firm commitment letter from a...
A deregulated, market-rent tenant sued landlord claiming that the unit was unlawfully deregulated after the prior rent-controlled tenant vacated. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case and presented leases and...
