Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant. Tenant claimed that he had a five-year renewal option after his leases expired in 2009 and that he had renewed the lease. Landlord argued that the renewal option was...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that it had an oral lease with tenant, by which tenant agreed to pay a monthly rent of $800. Landlord said that tenant owed $4,...
Landlord asked the court to reconsider an order vacating a default judgment of possession and eviction warrant that were entered after tenant filed for bankruptcy. The court ruled for landlord and reinstated the...
Landlord sued to evict elderly Section 8 tenant for chronic nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that, since 1991, it had to sue tenant for nonpayment at least 12 times. The court granted tenant's request to...
Landlord public housing authority sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. The housing court ruled for landlord. After judgment was entered but before she was evicted, tenant filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy relief...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for breach of lease based on unauthorized alterations to the apartment. The trial court ruled for tenant and dismissed the case. The court found that the alterations had been authorized...
Former and current residents of "three-quarter houses" in Brooklyn and Queens sued housing operators, claiming deceptive business practices, unconscionable contracts, harassment and unlawful eviction,...
Tenants sued landlord for rent overcharge in Civil Court. The court referred the overcharge claims to the DHCR and otherwise marked the case off calendar pending the DHCR's determination. Tenants appealed,...
Landlord sued to evict tenant after tenant's lease expired. Landlord claimed that tenant was unregulated. Tenant claimed that he was subject to rent stabilization and that he had been overcharged. Both sides...
Landlord sued to evict tenant Orenstein after tenant's lease expired. Landlord claimed that the apartment wasn't subject to rent regulation. Tenant claimed that she was rent stabilized because the building...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that tenant owed over $2,000 in back rent for the period between October 2012 and January 2013. Landlord claimed that tenant'...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant's niece after tenant died. The niece claimed succession rights to the apartment. The court ruled for landlord without a trial. The niece appealed and lost. Since...
