Former tenant sued landlord in small claims court in Rye, N.Y., for return of his security deposit. The court dismissed the case, finding that it had no jurisdiction over landlord or tenant. Landlord lived in Georgia...
Tenant sued landlord in housing court, seeking correction of violations in tenant's apartment. At some point after landlord failed to comply with the court's order to correct violations, tenant asked the...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed that landlord's rent demand and petition were defective because the claimed rent exceeded the contract rent. Tenant also...
In 1991, prior landlord of an apartment complex completely paved over most of a large courtyard area--which had contained grass, trees, benches, an ornamental fountain, play area, and other amenities--for parking...
Two rent-stabilized tenants of one apartment sued landlord for harassment, assault, nuisance, breach of the warranty of habitability, and breach of their lease. They claimed that landlord engaged in "an...
Former tenant sued landlord for return of apartment security deposit and claimed that landlord improperly commingled the security deposit in violation of General Obligations Law (GOL) Section 7-103. Landlord, in turn...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and found a willful rent overcharge. The DHCR denied landlord's PAR. Landlord then filed an Article 78 court proceeding, claiming...
Unregulated tenant complained of rent overcharge and improper deregulation of her apartment. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and won. The DHCR ruled in its PAR decision that the apartment was rent...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenants, a married couple, for nonprimary residence when their renewal lease expired in 2015. The wife had died in 2014, and the husband moved out at some unknown date during...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant and her adult son for creating a nuisance in her apartment. In November 2019, tenant and landlord signed a court-ordered settlement agreement. In September 2019, the...
Landlord NYCHA terminated tenancy because tenant assaulted and injured a NYCHA employee at the building. Tenant filed an Article 78 court appeal, claiming that NYCHA's decision was arbitrary and unreasonable. The...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated month-to-month tenant in January 2019. Landlord and tenant signed a court-ordered settlement agreement giving landlord a judgment of possession and delaying execution on an eviction...
