NEW YORK SUPPLEMENT - 2ND SERIES - LEGAL REPORTER

Tenant and Son Lived in Israel for Over Three Years

August 14, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. The court ruled for landlord after a trial. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant acknowledged that she had lived in Israel for all but 54 days...

Landlord Claims Occupant Is Squatter or Licensee

August 14, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant as trespasser, squatter, or licensee whose permission to occupy the unit had expired. Occupant claimed that he was a rent-stabilized SRO tenant who had lived in the apartment...

Tenant Renovated Bathroom Without Landlord's Permission

August 14, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for creating a nuisance and for violating his lease by performing unauthorized alterations. Landlord claimed that tenant demolished the apartment's bathroom and...

Landlord Denies Knowledge of Lead Paint Condition

August 14, 2014    

Tenants sued landlord for negligence, claiming that their daughter was injured by lead-based paint ingested at the apartment. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without a  trial. The court ruled...

Elderly Tenant Can Evict Son Who Occupied Apartment

August 14, 2014    

Elderly tenant sued to evict his son and the son's partner, claiming that they had been living in his apartment as licensees. Tenant claimed that he was afraid to return to the apartment while they were there,...

Tenant Can Appeal Ruling That She Violated Settlement Agreement

August 14, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict tenant. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court. Landlord later asked the court to restore the case to the calendar and to issue an eviction warrant and a money judgment for...

Tenant Claims Rent-Stabilized Renewal Lease Not Properly Offered

August 14, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for failing to sign her rent-stabilized renewal lease. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court in May 2012. Tenant agreed to move out by June 30, 2012...

NYCHA Held in Criminal Contempt for Failing to Restore Hot Water

August 14, 2014    

Tenant brought an HP proceeding against landlord NYCHA, seeking correction of building violations in her apartment. The court combined the case with a nonpayment proceeding started by landlord against tenant....

Tenant Can't Vacate Default Judgment

August 14, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord based on tenant's failure to appear in court. After being evicted, tenant asked the court to vacate the default judgment, to...

Tenant Doesn't Prove Second Dog Needed to Accommodate Disability

August 13, 2014    

Section 8 tenant's lease prohibited her from keeping dogs or cats as pets. At some point tenant got a dog, which landlord allowed her to keep as an accommodation for unspecified reasons. Landlord denied tenant...

Rent Reduction Increased After Tenant Appeal

August 13, 2014    

In 2006, landlord asked the DHCR for permission to terminate inclusion of electrical service in the rents of 443 rent-stabilized and rent-controlled tenants in the building. Landlord planned to convert from master...

Co-op Tenant Can't Stop Eviction by Separate Court Action

July 14, 2014    

Landlord cooperative corporation sued to evict shareholder tenant for nonpayment of maintenance. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court by which tenant agreed to make payments toward maintenance...