Rent-stabilized tenants sued landlord, claiming fraud in connection with rent overcharges. Tenants lived in a 421-a building and claimed landlord improperly charged them 2.2 percent annual rent increases in...
Landlord sued to evict tenant, and in August 2019, the parties settled the case, with a judgment and warrant for landlord. Tenant agreed to move out by a certain date but sought and obtained several extensions of the...
Tenant moved into a 421-a building in 2003 and was subject to rent stabilization as a result. The building's 421-a tax benefits, along with tenant's rent stabilization status, were set to expire on June 30,...
An Article 81 guardian was appointed to address tenant's personal needs and property management. Tenant later sued the Dept. of Social Services (DSS) seeking termination of the guardianship by Selfhelp Community...
Tenants sued landlord, claiming breach of the warranty of habitability based on rodent and insect infestation, freezing conditions, lack of building security and waste-line failure. The lower court dismissed the case...
Tenant sued landlord in State Supreme Court in 2020, claiming that landlord failed to accommodate tenant's disability in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fair Housing Act (FHA),...
Landlord, who lived in a three-family house, sued to evict an unregulated tenant who lived in another apartment in the house after the tenancy was terminated in 2019. The court ruled for landlord in October 2020,...
Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that tenant breached his lease by engaging in objectionable and nuisance-type conduct and behavior on multiple occasions. Among other things, landlord sought a preliminary, as...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant based on nonprimary residence. The trial court ruled for landlord, finding that tenant didn't have a substantial physical nexus to the apartment. Tenant appealed and...
Tenant sued landlord for illegal eviction and sought restoration to the apartment. The court ruled for tenant based on landlord's failure to appear. Landlord then asked the court to vacate the default judgment...
Landlord sued to evict tenant when tenant's rental agreement expired. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case because landlord didn't serve a copy of the termination notice and court papers on the public...
Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that the apartment was unregulated. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case and argued that she was rent stabilized. Tenant moved into the unit in 2013 under a rent-...
