Rent-stabilized tenant’s granddaughter claimed succession rights to tenant’s apartment. The DHCR ruled against the granddaughter, who then filed an Article 78 appeal claiming that the DHCR’s...
NYCHA tenant sued landlord for personal injuries resulting from bedbug infestation. Tenant claimed that she suffered hundreds of bedbug bites over a period of months. Tenant served a Notice of Claim on Landlord on...
DOB denied landlord’s request for a Letter of No Objection regarding the rental of apartments for less than seven days. Landlord appealed, and the NYC Board of Standards and Appeals ruled against landlord....
Landlord sued to evict HUD tenant based on tenant's intentional misrepresentation of household income on Section 8 recertifications. The court ruled for landlord and awarded a judgment of possession. Tenant...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. The trial court ruled against landlord, who appealed and won. Tenant was admittedly in Hawaii for 14 months during the two-year “Golub...
Landlord sued to evict tenant after the building was converted to cooperative ownership and tenant failed to purchase her apartment. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Landlord showed good cause...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord based on tenant’s default but later granted tenant’s request to vacate the default judgment. Landlord...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent at $3,081 per month. Among other things, tenant claimed breach of the warranty of habitability based on lack of gas service for several months. The...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent at $3,081 per month. Tenant claimed fraud and willful rent overcharge. The court found no fraud and ruled that the base rent date was May 26, 2011...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in which tenant agreed to pay the back rent claimed by landlord. Later, tenant got an attorney and asked the...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for failing to provide access to her apartment so that landlord could make necessary alterations. Landlord claimed that it needed to remove certain windows that opened...
Tenant sued landlord for negligence after she fell in her bathroom. Tenant claimed that she fell because of tiles falling off the bathroom wall. The court denied landlord’s request to dismiss the case. Landlord...
