NEW YORK SUPPLEMENT - 2ND SERIES - LEGAL REPORTER

Landlord Backtracked on Giving Tenant Permission to Replace Cabinets

February 22, 2021    

Rent-stabilized tenant sued landlord cooperative corporation in an HP proceeding, seeking correction of violations, a finding of harassment, and a restraining order. She claimed that the building manager gave her...

Landlord Who Harassed Tenant Must Pay Fines and Punitive Damages

February 22, 2021    

Building tenants sued landlord to obtain correction of outstanding violations. They also claimed harassment by landlord. In November 2019, the parties signed a consent order in court for correction of the violations...

Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Son Gets Apartment

February 22, 2021    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for failing to sign a renewal lease. Tenant's son, who was an apartment occupant, appeared in court and claimed succession rights. The court ruled for the son,...

Shareholder Tenant's Unit Subject to Loft Law

February 22, 2021    

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...

Did Court Settlement Resolve Rent Stabilization Coverage Issue?

February 22, 2021    

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...

Did Improperly Installed Window Guard Cause Child's Fall?

February 22, 2021    

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...

Tenants Never Received Security Deposit Refund

February 16, 2021    

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...

Rent-Freeze Provisions Not Applied to Overcharge Claims

February 11, 2021    

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...

Eviction Warrant Improperly Issued

February 11, 2021    

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...

Rent-Controlled Tenant's Granddaughter Claims Succession Rights

February 11, 2021    

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...

Shareholder Tenant Can Evict Apartment Occupant

February 10, 2021    

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...

Landlord and Security Company Not Responsible for Attack on Visitor

February 9, 2021    

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...