Tenant sued landlord for damages based on property loss and personal injury after the tenant of another building apartment and three others entered tenant's apartment through tenant's terrace door and robbed...
Tenant complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. Landlord claimed that tenant was no longer rent stabilized because the building's J-51 tax benefits had expired in 1996. The DHCR ruled for tenant, after looking...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant's daughter, claiming that tenant had surrendered her tenancy in a buyout agreement with landlord. Tenant died after landlord started the court case. The daughter...
Tenant sued landlord's real estate broker in small claims court, seeking to recover the broker's $2,200 fee, paid before she rented an apartment in landlord's building. The trial court ruled against...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent in July 2018. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement that was approved by the court on March 11, 2020. Landlord later asked the court to grant it a...
Tenant sued landlord for negligence and sought damages for personal injuries she claimed she suffered after slipping and falling while walking down an interior staircase in her apartment building. Tenant claimed that...
Former tenant of brownstone apartment sued landlord in small claims court for recovery of his $2,400 security deposit. The trial court ruled against tenant, who appealed and won. Landlord argued that she had to pay...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. The trial court ruled against landlord. Although tenant often slept at her 75-year-old companion's apartment, the court found that tenant...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. Tenant didn't respond to landlord's court petition, but tenant's son claimed that tenant had moved out and that he had succession...
Tenants sued landlord because they claimed that landlord's building porter made a false report to NYC's Child Protective Services (CPS). Tenants made a number of legal claims against landlord. The court...
In prior litigation, tenant sued landlord, claiming improper deregulation of his apartment. The court ruled that tenant was rent stabilized because luxury deregulation was unlawful while landlord received J-51 tax...
Rent-stabilized tenant sued landlord, claiming rent overcharge. The court ruled for tenant and directed that the default formula be used to determine the legal rent and overcharge award. The court also awarded...
