Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent and asked the court to rule without a trial. The court ruled against landlord, finding that there were questions requiring a trial as to whether a fraudulent...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for unreasonably refusing access to the apartment in order to exterminate and remove bedbugs. Landlord’s termination notice stated that, although tenant claimed that she couldn...
Public housing tenant filed an Article 78 appeal of the Housing Authority’s decision to charge tenant $8.25 to fix a clogged bathtub drain in tenant’s apartment. The court ruled against tenant. The court...
Tenant sued landlord for negligence after she suffered a burn injury to her head when she used a match to try to light a burner on the top of her gas stove because the stove’s igniter didn’t work. The...
Tenant sued landlord NYCHA, claiming that landlord was negligent in failing to provide a properly locked front door at the building and that this caused her daughter’s injuries. NYCHA asked the court to dismiss...
Landlords sued the NYC Water Board after the board approved a one-time $183 credit for 664,000 owners of one-, two-, and three-family dwellings. With this rebate, the board increased charges by 2.1 percent for fiscal...
Landlord applied to the DHCR for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant’s rent-stabilized apartment. Tenant claimed that he wasn’t subject to high-rent/high-income deregulation because the building...
Landlord sued to evict occupants from Mitchell-Lama apartment after HPD determined that the occupants didn’t have succession rights. The court ruled for landlord. Occupants appealed and lost. Occupants claimed...
The daughter of deceased NYCHA tenant filed an Article 78 appeal of NYCHA’s denial of her succession rights claim to the apartment. The court ruled for the daughter, but NYCHA appealed and won. NYCHA’s...
