Landlord sued to evict Mitchell-Lama tenant and his father after HPD granted certificates of eviction. Landlord claimed that tenant didn’t live in the apartment as his primary residence. Tenant’s father...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court, giving landlord a judgment and eviction warrant that was stayed provided tenant paid $7,500 in back...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for permitting criminal activity in her apartment by a household member. The court ruled for landlord without a trial. Tenant appealed and won. An unsworn letter signed by an Assistant U...
Landlord sued to evict tenant based on her son’s criminal activity. Landlord and tenant signed a probationary stipulation in court. Tenant agreed to exclude her son from the apartment. Landlord later asked a...
Cooperative shareholder tenant sued landlord co-op corporation for breach of fiduciary duty after the board disapproved tenant’s proposed sale of the apartment. The court denied landlord's request to...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant who claimed succession rights after rent-stabilized tenant died. The court granted landlord’s request to conduct pretrial questioning but denied occupant’s...
Occupant sued landlord for illegal lockout, claiming that he became a permanent tenant of a hotel-stabilized unit at landlord’s building. The court ruled against occupant, who appealed and won. Landlord claimed...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupants after tenant died in 2009. Landlord claimed that the apartment was rent stabilized. Occupants claimed succession rights as tenant’s wife and son, and said that the...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant, who claimed succession rights. Occupant had also made a succession rights claim in a complaint to the DHCR. The DHCR complaint was dismissed based on the agency’s...
A taxi driver made a reservation for a one-night stay at landlord’s SRO building on July 29, 2015, and checked in on July 30. On that day, he paid for the room and submitted a written request for a six-month...
Landlord sued to evict tenant in the commercial landlord-tenant court, claiming that tenant was illegally living in the commercial unit. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and won. Tenant was living in the...
