Landlord, who owned a building classified as an Interim Multiple Dwelling (IMD) under the Loft Law, sued the Loft Board in connection with Loft Board actions concerning the use and classification of the building....
Landlord sued month-to-month first-floor apartment tenant, seeking an order directing tenant to remove his personal property from the rear yard of the building. Landlord argued that it had rented a ground-floor store...
The NY State Dept. of Environmental Conservation (DEC) sued landlord to obtain access to landlord's building and property in order to inspect and investigate for chlorinated volatile organic compound (CVOC)...
Tenant started an HP case against landlord in housing court, seeking repairs, restoration of a removed stove, and correction of building violations. Tenant had moved into the basement apartment in January 2020. After...
Landlord sued tenant and her roommate-boyfriend for creating a nuisance and asked the court to grant a preliminary injunction barring the boyfriend from the building. The boyfriend was formerly employed as the...
Landlord cooperative corporation sued to evict co-op shareholder tenants for breach of their proprietary lease by failing to complete alterations to their apartment in accordance with the terms of an alteration...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant's son after tenant died. The son claimed succession rights to the apartment. The trial court ruled for the son and ordered landlord to offer him a renewal lease....
The ex-wife of a Co-op City shareholder tenant claimed succession rights to the tenant's Mitchell-Lama co-op apartment after she and tenant got divorced in 2012 and tenant moved out. The DHCR supervised the...
Rent-stabilized tenant sued landlord, claiming willful refusal to fix a damaged roof and repeated water leaks into her apartment and the adjoining corridor. Tenant claimed that these acts resulted in intentional...
Tenants sued landlord, claiming that their child had been poisoned by lead paint found in their apartment. While the case was pending, landlord asked the court to take a separate, rent nonpayment proceeding pending...
Former tenants sued landlords in a class action, claiming breach of contract. The tenants were all nonpurchasing tenants and either senior citizens or disabled when a noneviction condominium conversion plan was...
Mt. Vernon landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant and apartment occupant for illegal subletting and creating a nuisance. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court. But the occupant remained in...
