Westchester County landlord sued to evict tenant for breaching her lease based on apartment conditions. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that landlord's acceptance of a rent...
Landlord cooperative corporation sued the sponsor who held unsold shares to certain apartments and garage spaces when the sponsor returned to the co-op shares of unsold parking spaces without returning apartment...
Building tenants sued landlord, claiming that they were rent stabilized due to Real Property Tax Law Section 421-g tax benefits received by landlord and/or a low-interest mortgage loan obtained under the Private...
Building tenants sued landlord, claiming that they were subject to rent stabilization and had been overcharged. Landlord claimed that the building was exempt from rent stabilization due to other governmental...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for chronic late payment of rent. Landlord claimed that between 1999 and 2015, it had to commence 26 nonpayment proceedings against tenant, including at least one each...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-stabilized tenant moved out in 2016. Landlord and occupant settled the case in court. Occupant agreed to move out by May 31, 2017, and later the court granted...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. The trial court ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. The trial court fairly interpreted the evidence. Tenant's absence from the...
Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that tenant's building was unregulated. Tenant claimed that the building was rent-stabilized because it was part of a horizontal multiple dwelling (HMD). The trial court...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord based on tenant's failure to appear in court but later vacated the default judgment. Tenant then agreed to pay landlord $7,000 by...
The Village of Westbury charged landlord of single-family home with criminal violation of 17 Building Code provisions involving construction, conversion, and renting without a permit, as well as electrical and...
The Groton Village Board of Trustees passed the Property and Building Nuisance Law (Local Law No. 4 of 2014) to establish various methods by which a property could be identified as a public nuisance. The law included...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-stabilized tenant died. Occupant claimed that she was tenant's wife since 2005 and had succession rights. Tenant himself had gotten succession rights in 2004...
