Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant. In response, tenant claimed that she was subject to rent stabilization because the building contained six or more housing accommodations. The court ruled for landlord...
Landlord sued to evict an unregulated tenant who, in turn, claimed improper apartment deregulation and rent overcharge. Tenant also asked the court to dismiss the case and asked for attorney's fees. The court...
The DHCR's Tenant Protection Unit (TPU) sued landlord LLC entities of 38 buildings containing more than 2,500 rent-stabilized apartments, along with individuals who were connected with the landlord entities. The...
Tenant sued landlord in a Housing Court HP proceeding to obtain corrections of apartment conditions. Tenant also claimed harassment by landlord. Tenant and landlord both appeared on the first court date on March 20,...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming illegal lockout. She claimed that she and her family left their apartment for a one-week vacation. When they returned, the locks to the building and their apartment had been changed and...
Building tenants sued landlord for rent overcharges and engaging in a fraudulent scheme to deregulate various apartments. Among other things, tenants asked the court to rule on several key elements of their claims...
Tenants filed a class action lawsuit against landlord in 2018 for rent overcharges. The court rejected landlord's request to limit pretrial questioning and document production to a four-year period and instead...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. The court denied tenant's request to dismiss the case without trial. Tenant appealed and won. Landlord's offer to renew tenant's...
Landlord sued to evict an unregulated tenant in 2019, claiming that tenant's lease had expired. In response, tenant claimed waiver and that her lease was still in effect. After holding a trial, the court ruled...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant, who was tenant's grandson, after rent-stabilized tenant died and his lease had expired. The first court date was June 22, 2023, and the case was adjourned by the court...
Landlord sued to evict the month-to-month tenant of an unregulated apartment in a two-family house after sending a 90-day termination notice. Landlord claimed that tenant owed rent and/or use and occupancy totalling...
Tenants in a J-51 building sued landlord in a class action, claiming rent overcharges and improper deregulation. The court ruled for tenants without trial and found that the legal regulated rents for their apartments...
