Tenant's housekeeper sued landlord and elevator company, claiming that she suffered injuries due to a misleveled elevator. The housekeeper alleged that, as she walked out of the elevator in the building, her foot...
Landlord sued tenant, seeking payment of rent arrears. The court ruled for landlord, and tenant appealed. Tenant claimed that the building didn't have a valid Certificate of Occupancy (C of O), so landlord couldn...
Landlord sued a lease guarantor to enforce the guaranties covered by tenant's 2018 lease. Landlord argued that the guaranties applied to any change, extension of time, or renewal of that lease. The court ruled...
Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord in June 2018 based on the tenant's household income, and stated that the apartment was...
An apartment occupant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to give him a renewal lease after rent-stabilized tenant died. The occupant claimed that he had succession rights as a nontraditional family member....
Building tenants sued landlord, claiming that they were rent stabilized and seeking correction of violations. When landlord bought the building in 2018, it contained eight residential units, including three SRO units...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after serving a 10-day notice to quit in September 2021. The occupant appeared in court and, since she had filed an ERAP application, the case was stayed. Landlord asked the...
Building tenants sued landlord for rent overcharge and improper deregulation of their apartments. In 2018 the court found that landlord engaged in a fraudulent scheme to deregulate by falsely exempting some...
Landlord commenced an eviction proceeding in September 2020, which was stayed first by the eviction moratorium, and then as a result of tenant's ERAP application filed in June 2021. In February 2022, landlord...
Tenant sued landlord in federal court, claiming landlord denied her an accessible parking space at the building, terminated her parking space on the basis of her race and disability status, and retaliated against her...
Landlord of Mitchell-Lama cooperative housing sued to evict tenant based on objectionable conduct. Landlord claimed that tenant allowed loud screaming, yelling, and amplified music to emanate from his apartment...
A subtenant sued landlord and the prime tenant of a rent-stabilized apartment for rent overcharge. Landlord and prime tenant had signed an initial lease in 1995 and then renewed the lease periodically through 2007....
