Co-op shareholder tenant sued landlord cooperative corporation in housing court, seeking certain repairs. The court ruled for tenant based on landlord's failure to appear. Landlord later asked the court to vacate...
Rent-controlled tenant's son sued landlord for illegal lockout after tenant died. The court granted landlord's request to dismiss the case without a trial. The son appealed, and the case was reopened. There...
Landlord brought a commercial eviction proceeding against rent-stabilized tenant after terminating tenant's garage lease. Landlord asked the court to rule in its favor without a trial. The court ruled for...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed breach of the warranty of habitability. The court ruled for landlord and dismissed tenant's claim. Tenant appealed and lost. The trial court...
Tenant's home care aide sued another tenant and landlord's property manager after she was attacked by the other tenant's dog--an American Staffordshire Terrier--in the building courtyard. The property...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for illegal use of her rent-stabilized apartment based on drug trafficking. The court ruled for landlord after a trial. Tenant appealed and won. Even if there was sufficient proof that...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for unauthorized subletting and profiteering. The court ruled for landlord based on tenant's default. Tenant appealed, and the case was reopened. Tenant's...
Landlord sued to evict rent-controlled tenant's daughter after tenant died. The daughter claimed succession rights. The court ruled for landlord after a trial. Tenant died in 2009. Landlord brought the eviction...
Landlord sued to evict rent-controlled tenant's son after tenant died. The son claimed succession rights. The court ruled for tenant's son after trial. Tenant died in 1997. The son showed that he lived in the...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant so that his adult daughter could live in the apartment with her husband. The court ruled against landlord and dismissed the case. At trial, landlord and his daughter...
Landlord sued to evict SRO housing occupant, claiming that he was a licensee whose license had expired. Occupant claimed that he was a rent-stabilized tenant and that landlord had refused to give him a lease....
