Former landlord of a three-family house rented a bedroom in a two-bedroom apartment to tenant, who lived there with her daughter. The apartment also contained a third, illegal bedroom. New landlords bought the house...
Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant after sending a 30-day termination notice. Tenant claimed rent overcharge. Landlord then discontinued the eviction claim, but the court considered tenant's request to...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed rent overcharge. The court ruled for tenant in August 2019 and ordered landlord to refund $90,673, including triple damages.
Various rent-stabilized tenants complained of reductions of service in their apartments. The DRA ruled on 13 cases, dismissing 11 and reducing the rents of two tenants based on apartment conditions. Landlord appealed...
The DHCR reduced the rents of rent-stabilized tenants based on a reduction in various building-wide services. The DRA ruled for tenants. Although some services had been restored, there was inadequate janitorial...
Landlord Tuckahoe Housing Authority (THA) sent public housing tenant a lease termination notice, then held a grievance hearing at tenant's request. THA ruled that tenant had violated her lease, and...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for breaching a substantial obligation of her tenancy by "overcrowding" her apartment in violation of Housing Maintenance Code (HMC) Section 27-2075. The court...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant's family member signed a court-ordered settlement agreement that gave landlord possession and $6,000 in back rent owed. The court then...
Tenant sued landlord in 2014, claiming that his apartment was unlawfully deregulated and that he had been overcharged. Tenant claimed that his legal monthly rent was $628 based on the last amount validly registered...
Rent-stabilized tenant and the NY State Division of Human Rights (DHR) sued landlord for disability discrimination. They claimed this was based on landlord's denial of tenant's request for a reasonable...
Rent-stabilized tenant sued landlord, claiming rent overcharge and fraudulent rent increases. The court ruled for landlord and dismissed the case. Since the case was filed before HSTPA amended the law in June 2019,...
Landlord sued to evict tenant after sending a 30-day termination notice. Landlord claimed that tenant's lease expired on Jan. 31, 2019, and that tenant then became a month-to-month tenant. Landlord said that the...
