NYCHA tenant’s daughter filed a remaining family member grievance, seeking succession rights to tenant’s apartment. NYCHA ruled against the daughter for failure to pay use and occupancy. The daughter...
Landlord sued former tenant for unpaid rent and use and occupancy. The court ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. At trial, tenant showed that he was a month-to-month tenant at the time he moved out, that...
Landlord sued to evict tenant based on illegal activities at the apartment. The trial court ruled for landlord, and tenant appealed. The appeals court ruled that the case should be reopened. Landlord proved that the...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant based on nonprimary residence. Landlord claimed that tenant lived in upstate New York and that tenant’s son lived in the apartment. Tenant acknowledged that he didn...
Tenant filed an Article 78 appeal to challenge Yonkers Housing Authority’s decision to terminate tenant’s participation in the housing voucher program. The court ruled for tenant. The housing authority...
Former tenant sued landlord, claiming that his apartment was rent stabilized. Landlord claimed that the unit was unregulated and asked the court to dismiss the case. The court ruled for landlord. Landlord had...
The grandnephew of a deceased Mitchell-Lama cooperative tenant filed an Article 78 court appeal of HPD’s decision that he didn’t have succession rights to tenant’s apartment. The court ruled for the...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for creating a nuisance by excessive noise on at least three occasions. Tenant denied landlord’s claim and asked the court to dismiss the case without a trial. The...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on building-wide installation of new windows. The DHCR ruled for landlord. One tenant filed an Article 78 appeal, claiming that the DHCR’s decision was unreasonable...
Tenant sued landlord after he was injured by contact with an exposed radiator in his apartment. The court denied landlord’s request to dismiss the case without a trial. Landlord appealed and lost. There was a...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. The trial court ruled for tenant and dismissed the case. Landlord appealed and lost. The apartment was listed on various important documents,...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for violating the lease by having multiple roommates in tenant’s four-bedroom apartment. Tenant’s lease limited occupancy to named tenants and their immediate family or...
