NEW YORK SUPPLEMENT - 2ND SERIES - LEGAL REPORTER

Court Won't Restore Occupant Unlawfully Evicted from Condo

October 15, 2014    

A condominium unit owner sued the building owner, claiming illegal lockout. A lender had...

Is Rent-Stabilized Tenants' Agreement to Vacate Enforceable?

October 15, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenants, a husband and wife, after they failed to...

Landlord's Attorneys Didn't Violate FDCPA

October 15, 2014    

Rent-controlled tenant sued landlord’s attorneys, claiming a violation of the...

$2,000 First Rent After Temporary Exemption Didn't Deregulate Apartment

October 15, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed rent...

Landlord Can't Base New Illegal Sublet Claim on Old Termination Notice

October 15, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for illegal subletting. The court ruled against landlord and...

Court Vacates Default Judgment Against Imprisoned Tenant

October 15, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-controlled tenant for unauthorized subletting. The court ruled...

Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Daughter Gets Apartment

October 15, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. Tenant’s...

Tenant Can Be Evicted for Son's Drug Activity at Apartment

October 15, 2014    

(Decision submitted by Jeffrey H. Seiden of the Manhattan law firm of Borah, Goldstein...

Tenant's Sister Can't Get Mitchell-Lama Apartment

September 21, 2014    

After Mitchell-Lama tenant moved out of an apartment, his sister claimed that she was a remaining family member entitled to the apartment. HPD ruled that the sister had no succession rights. The sister filed an...

Tenant Primarily Resided at Inherited Philadelphia Home

September 21, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant in 2013 for nonprimary residence. Landlord claimed that tenant failed to spend more than 183 days in the apartment in the prior year and that tenant actually lived at a...

Tenant's Agreement to Share Cost of Bedbug Extermination Void

September 21, 2014    

Landlord sued tenant, claiming that tenant had agreed to split the cost of bedbug extermination and related expenses incurred by landlord in connection with tenant's apartment. The court granted tenant's...