NEW YORK SUPPLEMENT - 2ND SERIES - LEGAL REPORTER

Tenant's Brother Gets Project-Based Section 8 Apartment After Tenant Dies

August 28, 2024    

Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after tenant died, claiming that occupant was tenant's live-in aide and licensee who no longer had a right to remain in the project-based Section 8 apartment. Occupant...

Acceptance of Rent Claimed in Nonpayment Petition Required Dismissal of Case

August 28, 2024    

Landlord sued to evict tenant in November 2022 for nonpayment of rent. Landlord obtained a default judgment of possession and eviction warrant against tenant after she failed to appear in court. On Dec. 14, 2022,...

Nuisance and Lease Violation Claims Against Rent-Stabilized Tenant Dismissed

August 28, 2024    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant with a Section 8 housing voucher for creating a nuisance and for breaching her lease. Landlord had sent tenant a notice to cure before proceeding in court. Landlord...

Landlord Not Responsible for Stopping Dispute Among Co-Tenant Family Members

August 28, 2024    

Two rent-stabilized tenants, A and B, living in the same three-bedroom apartment, sued their other two co-tenants, C and D, and their landlord. Tenant A was the son of Tenant C. Tenant B was Tenant A's wife. The...

Tenant Claims Landlord Should Have Installed Smoke Detector in His Bedroom

August 27, 2024    

Tenant sued landlord for personal injuries sustained while he was leaving his apartment during a fire that started in the three-bedroom apartment, as well as for property damage. Tenant claimed that landlord was...

Court Permits Discovery of Rent Records Back to 2006

August 27, 2024    

Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant for nonpayment of rent based on tenant's failure to pay monthly rent of $3,200. Tenant, represented by counsel, claimed that the building didn't have a proper...

Guarantor Claims Overcharge by Tenant After Tenant Sues Guarantor for Subtenant's Unpaid Rent

August 27, 2024    

Rent-stabilized tenant sublet her apartment for a term from Aug. 21, 2018, to Aug. 31, 2020. After the sublease ended, tenant sued the subtenant's lease guarantor for unpaid rent and based on the subtenant's...

Landlord Fails to Prove Nonprimary Residence by Mitchell-Lama Tenant

August 27, 2024    

Landlord of a Mitchell-Lama cooperative corporation sued to evict the proprietary lessee/shareholder tenant for nonprimary residence after sending a notice to cure. The tenant owned a house in Brooklyn with her...

Tenant's Son Gets Rent-Stabilized Apartment

August 27, 2024    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. An apartment occupant, who was tenant's son, claimed succession rights. Landlord questioned whether the son met the minimum two-year...

Are Homeowners Responsible for Dog-Sitter's Injuries During Snowstorm?

August 27, 2024    

Dog-sitters sued homeowners for negligence. Homeowners had hired plaintiffs to dog-sit for 10 days while they were on vacation. While there, a winter storm deposited over two feet of snow in the area and the dog-...

Is Landlord Responsible for Tenant's Slip-and-Fall on Building Staircase?

August 27, 2024    

Tenant sued landlord for negligence after he slipped and fell on a staircase in his apartment building. Landlord claimed that it wasn't responsible for any injury to tenant and that tenant also had "...

Unnamed Occupant Discovered at Premises When Eviction Was Scheduled

August 27, 2024    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord and issued a judgment of possession and eviction warrant after tenant failed to comply with five separate settlement...