Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. The trial court ruled for landlord, awarding possession and a money judgment for $10,183. Tenant then asked the court to reopen the case based on claimed newly...
Landlord sued to evict tenant in 2021 for creating a nuisance. Landlord also filed an order to show cause in May 2021 asking the court to reject a Hardship Declaration that tenant had filed, and to vacate any stay of...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for breaching a substantial obligation of her tenancy and for creating a nuisance through objectionable conduct. Landlord claimed that tenant caused loud music to emanate...
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...
