Landlord sued tenant, seeking to recover rent arrears and fines imposed by DOB relating to tenant's unauthorized rental of his apartment for transient use through Airbnb. The court ruled for landlord without...
Family members of Mitchell-Lama building tenant claimed succession rights to the apartment after tenant moved out. HPD ruled against the family members. The family members then filed an Article 78 court appeal,...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming rent overcharge and improper deregulation of his apartment. The court ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to give tenant a rent-stabilized lease at a monthly rent of $471. Using the...
NYCHA tenant's daughter sought succession rights to an apartment after tenant died. NYCHA ruled against the daughter after a hearing, and tenant then filed an Article 78 court appeal. The daughter claimed that...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant objected, claiming that landlord was now charging her more than a preferential rent as it did under her initial lease in 2000. Landlord...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenants asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that the rent demand failed to give credit for payments made and received by landlord for almost every month...
Sixty-one tenants in 18 different buildings sued landlords and sought class action designation. Tenants claimed that owners were single-purpose-entity LLCs, all of which shared the same individual managing member....
Tenant filed a complaint against landlord with the NY State Division of Human Rights (NYSDHR), claiming discrimination based on race. Tenant said that landlord told her she would have to move out because there were...
Subtenant, who rented an apartment from a condo unit owner, sued the condominium corporation, building management, and the unit owner after one of the building's doormen sexually assaulted her. After conducting...
Rent-stabilized tenant sued landlord in 2018, claiming rent overcharge. Tenant moved into the apartment in February 1988, 30 years before filing the overcharge claim. Current landlord bought the building in 2005....
Tenant sued landlord for negligence based on injuries she claimed she suffered when the bathroom ceiling in her apartment collapsed; struck her on the neck, back, and shoulder; and knocked her to the ground. Tenant...
HPD sued landlord after placing violations for inadequate heat and/or hot water on landlord's building. HPD claimed that the violations were issued on Dec. 17 and Dec. 24, 2019, and sought fines ranging from $250...
