In 2016, the NYC Loft Board ruled that landlord's building was an interim multiple dwelling (IMD) subject to the Loft Law. Landlord filed an Article 78 court proceeding, seeking annulment of the Loft Board's...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming rent overcharge and improper deregulation of a rent-stabilized apartment. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without trial, arguing that landlord and tenant had settled the...
Tenant sued landlord after her child fell from the seventh-floor double-hung bedroom window in tenant's apartment. Tenant claimed that landlord and its employees caused or created an unsafe condition by...
Former tenants sued landlord for refund of their $18,600 security deposit. They lived in the apartment between 2014 and July 15, 2020, and claimed they left the unit in broom-clean condition. Landlord waited until...
Nine current and former tenants of one building sued landlord for rent overcharge. Tenants requested an order granting declaratory relief, freezing each tenant's rent at the "last reliable rent" and...
Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenants in a holdover proceeding filed in State Supreme Court. Landlord had rented the apartment on condition that tenants would vacate within 30 days of notice that landlord had...
Landlord sent the granddaughter of deceased rent-controlled tenant a notice to quit tenant's apartment, claiming that she had moved in after tenant died. The granddaughter then sued landlord, seeking a permanent...
A cooperative shareholder tenant sued to evict occupant from her apartment, claiming that she had terminated his license to live there. The housing court denied tenant's request to grant eviction without a trial...
A visitor to landlord's building sued landlord and its security service provider, claiming that she was assaulted while visiting tenant in his apartment. Tenant was the visitor's nephew and the visitor...
Tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant, and the DHCR denied landlord's PAR. Landlord was directed to refund the overcharge with triple damages. Landlord then filed an Article 78...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge in 2016. The DHCR ruled for tenant based on the inclusion of an "on-time" provision in tenant's lease. Landlord registered the legal regulated rent...
In June 2018, landlord filed an application for high-rent/high-income deregulation of rent-stabilized tenants' apartment. The DRA ruled for landlord and issued an Order of Deregulation in January 2019 based on...
