NEW YORK SUPPLEMENT - 2ND SERIES - LEGAL REPORTER

Landlord Can't Prove Loft Tenant Profiteered Through Short-Term Rentals

February 13, 2018    

Landlord sued to eject rent-stabilized loft tenant based on illegal subletting of rooms in the loft through Airbnb to numerous individuals over a two-year period. Landlord asked the court to rule in its favor without...

Tenant's Mother Gets Rent-Stabilized Apartment

February 13, 2018    

Rent-stabilized tenant's mother claimed succession rights when tenant moved out of the apartment and complained to the DHCR that landlord wouldn't give her a renewal lease. The DRA ruled for the mother....

Tenant Who Paid Rent Arrears Must Be Restored to Possession

February 13, 2018    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord, and tenant was evicted. The court later granted tenant's request to be restored to possession of the apartment....

Tenant Didn't Become Deregulated When His Corporate Entity Changed

February 13, 2018    

Landlord sued to evict deregulated tenant. Landlord claimed that the apartment became vacant after the building's 421-a tax benefits expired and that, therefore, the apartment wasn't subject to rent...

Landlord Not Responsible for Tenant's Fall in Staircase

February 13, 2018    

Tenant sued landlord for negligence after slipping on the building's stairway during the ongoing power blackout that resulted from Hurricane Sandy. The court granted landlord's request to dismiss the case...

Rent-Stabilized Tenants Overcharged Roommate

January 26, 2018    

Rent-stabilized tenants sued to evict roommate. Tenants and roommate signed a settlement agreement in court. The court later denied the roommate's request to vacate the settlement agreement. The roommate appealed...

Tenant Who Refused to Sign Vacancy Lease Was Still Rent Stabilized

January 26, 2018    

Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that tenant wasn't subject to rent stabilization because he had refused to sign a vacancy lease. The court ruled for landlord, awarding it possession and $13,700 in back...

Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Son Gets Apartment

January 26, 2018    

Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after finding that rent-stabilized tenant was no longer there. Occupant claimed that he was the rent-stabilized tenant. The court ruled for tenant. Landlord appealed and lost...

Apartment Remained Rent Stabilized Due to 1993 Rent Reduction Order

January 17, 2018    

Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed that she was rent stabilized and pointed out that the DHCR had issued a rent reduction order in 1993, which remained in effect since...

Court Applies Law Retroactively to Find Apartment Was Improperly Deregulated

January 17, 2018    

Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant after tenant's lease expired. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized and had been overcharged. The court ruled for tenant. Rent Stabilization Law (RSL) Section 26-511...

Tenant Can't Cure Nuisance Condition

January 16, 2018    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for creating a nuisance by repeatedly filing complaints against landlord relating to conditions in her apartment, resulting in the placement of violations, and then...

Landlord Entitled to Hearing on Whether Tenant Continued Objectionable Conduct

January 16, 2018    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court. Tenant agreed to refrain from harassing and threatening other tenants in the building during a...