Landlord sued to evict hotel-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed rent overcharge. The court ruled for landlord without a trial. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant stopped paying rent in October...
The DHCR determined that tenant was rent stabilized because the apartment building he lived in contained at least six apartments before 1974. Landlord filed an Article 78 petition, claiming that the DHCR's...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for committing a nuisance. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Landlord proved at trial that tenant engaged over a period of years in a pattern of objectionable...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord in part but gave tenant a rent abatement of $808 and awarded landlord the net sum of $1,834. Landlord appealed and lost. The court...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant. Tenant claimed that she was rent stabilized. The court ruled for landlord without a trial. Tenant appealed, and the case was reopened. There were issues of fact as to...
Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant. Tenant claimed that she was rent stabilized. The court ruled for tenant and dismissed the case. Tenant claimed that there were six apartments in the pre-war building when...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant for nonpayment of rent. The parties signed a settlement agreement in court. Tenant agreed to pay the $8,000 rent arrears by a certain date or be evicted. Tenant was later...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant and apartment occupant after landlord discovered that tenant had moved out of the apartment. The occupant claimed succession rights. The court ruled against occupant, who...
Tenant sued landlord for breach of the warranty of habitability. The court ruled for tenant and awarded her damages equal to a refund of 35 months of paid rent. Landlord appealed, and the case was reopened. Tenant...
Landlord sued to evict occupant of hotel-stabilized unit. The court ruled for landlord. Occupant appealed and won. Landlord admitted that the unit was hotel-stabilized. Trial evidence showed that occupant had lived...
Tenant sued landlord for negligence. Tenant placed bricks on an exterior landing of his apartment building, stepped on them, then fell when the brick moved. Tenant said that the step from the landing to the doorway...
Tenant sought assistance from two police officers outside her building, stating that her boyfriend was in her apartment bathroom with a gun. The police entered the apartment with tenant's permission, knocked on...
