Landlord of low-income residential cooperative housing building sued to evict month-to-month tenant for chronic nonpayment of rent, as well as failure to accept a renewal lease offer at a higher rent. Landlord and...
Tenant sued landlord for damages based on injuries suffered by her 3-year-old child. Tenant claimed that the child's face and hand came into contact with a baseboard radiator near the child's bottom bunk bed...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenants for unauthorized occupancy. Tenants asked the court to dismiss the case without a trial. The court ruled against tenants. Tenants were married and elderly. They had...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant and apartment occupant based on tenant's nonprimary residence. Occupant claimed that she had succession rights to the apartment. After pretrial questioning, landlord...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant's sister after tenant moved out of the apartment. The sister claimed succession rights. Landlord claimed that there was no question of fact and asked the court to...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-controlled tenant died. Occupant claimed that he was a nontraditional family member entitled to succession rights. The trial court ruled for occupant and dismissed...
A parking garage owner asked the DHCR to approve monthly rent increases for Mitchell-Lama development tenants. The DRA ruled for the garage owner and granted a rate increase. The garage owner then filed an Article 78...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord and a final judgment was entered in landlord's favor in July 2012. Tenant, who owed landlord over $7,100, later asked the court...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Prior long-term rent-stabilized tenant moved out in 2007. Landlord then...
Landlord cooperative corporation sued to evict tenant-shareholder based on objectionable conduct. The court denied landlord's request for a ruling without a trial and ordered a hearing on whether tenant had cured...
Tenant sued landlord for damages after she was injured in her apartment building. Tenant tripped and fell on a recessed vestibule carpet in the lobby. The carpet was set and glued into a shell and surrounded by a...
Former tenants sued landlord, claiming that they were exposed to lead paint in landlord's buildings when they were children. Among other things, they claimed that the federal and state laws, regulations, and...
