Landlord sued its property insurance provider, seeking damages for a claimed breach of the insurance policy. Landlord claimed that its insurer refused to pay coverage after Hurricane Irene damaged the building in...
Tenant and members of a class that he represented, all tenants in a building that received J-51 tax benefits, sued landlord. Tenants, who were certified as a class by the court, said they never received rent-...
Former tenant sued landlord in Suffolk County District small claims court, claiming that landlord improperly withheld her $2,400 security deposit. The court ruled for tenant. Landlord appealed and lost. In a small...
Tenant sued landlord to obtain correction of building violations in his apartment. In October 2020, the trial court issued a decision, finding a Class B violation for mold in the foyer closet and a Class C violation...
The daughter of a deceased rent-stabilized tenant sued landlord for wrongful death after tenant died in a fire that broke out in her apartment during the night while she was sleeping. The daughter claimed that the...
NYCHA, as landlord of a federally funded public housing project under HUD regulations, denied a remaining family member (RFM) grievance by a surviving family member who sought succession to deceased tenant's...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant based on nonprimary residence. The trial court ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Tenant and her seven witnesses demonstrated that she maintained an ongoing...
Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenants' rent-stabilized apartment in 2010. The DRA didn't issue a deregulation order for landlord until February 2018, based on the DRA's...
Landlord owned a five-building complex of interim multiple dwellings (IMDs) located in a single zoning lot in the Special Clinton District. All of the buildings were subject to the NYC Loft Law. Landlord sought to...
Landlord sought to redevelop a 60-unit affordable housing community for seniors. The 1957 deed from the City of Rochester to prior landlord contained several restrictive covenants, including a provision that any...
Landlord brought five separate eviction proceedings against five tenants in the same building. Landlord claimed that the tenants were unregulated because the building contained fewer than six residential units. The...
