A group of five landlords and one landlords' organization (plaintiffs) challenged New York's COVID Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act (CEEFPA) in federal court. The lower court ruled against...
Four rent-stabilized tenants sued landlord in 2014, seeking to restrain landlord from harassing tenants and from installing a central boiler in the building. Landlord, in turn, claimed that one tenant made building...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for failure to renew his lease. In answer to the holdover petition, tenant claimed that landlord induced him to sign a lease rider several months after he signed his...
Tenant sued someone he claimed was his landlord, claiming a breach of tenant's lease and seeking $25,000. The named "landlord" asked the court to dismiss the complaint. A copy of the lease in question...
Former tenant sued landlord in Yonkers City Court, seeking a refund of her $2,035 security deposit. The trial court ruled for tenant in part and awarded her $1,026.
NYCHA tenant's grandson, who was also tenant's adopted son, filed a grievance request with NYCHA, seeking succession rights after tenant died. The grandson said that he had lived with tenant since he was a...
A mother, who permitted her adult daughter to live in a house the mother owned, sued to evict her daughter from the premises. The daughter was a licensee who didn't pay rent. They signed a court-ordered...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent in August 2019. Landlord obtained a default judgment and issuance of an eviction warrant in October 2019 based on tenant's failure to answer...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant in 2012 based on nonprimary residence. In 2015, while the case was pending, tenant died and her stepson claimed succession rights. The trial court ruled for the stepson...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance. Landlord claimed that tenant created loud noises by arguing and screaming or by letting her children bang on walls. Landlord also claimed that tenant caused...
Landlord sued month-to-month tenant who had moved out of an apartment, leaving behind a roommate that tenant had fought with during the COVID-19 pandemic after the roommate lost her job, couldn't pay her share of...
Landlord sued month-to-month tenant in March 2021, claiming that the tenancy commenced in 2016, that tenant had disappeared in February 2021 without surrendering the apartment, that tenant's roommate was left...
