Tenants sued landlord in 2016, claiming improper deregulation and rent overcharge. Tenants also sought an injunction to stop landlord from engaging in claimed deceptive business practices in violation of General...
The Rent Stabilization Association (RSA), a landlord's advocacy organization, sued McKee and the Tenants Political Action Committee, Inc. (TPAC), claiming defamation. On May 2, 2018, McKee had attended a NY City...
Tenant sued landlord for rent overcharge in connection with two apartments in the same building. Tenant had lived in Apt. 6 from 2007 through April 2014, then moved into Apt. 4 under a written agreement with...
Tenants of four buildings sued landlord for improper deregulation and rent overcharge in a proposed class action lawsuit. Tenants claimed that all four building were enrolled in the J-1 tax benefit program and...
Current and former tenants sued landlord in 2009 for improper deregulation and rent overcharge in several consolidated class action cases. Various apartments had been deregulated starting in 1993 although the...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant's daughter and granddaughter after tenant died. These family members claimed succession rights to the apartment. The court ruled for tenant's family members and...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. In response, tenant claimed rent overcharge and asked the court to dismiss the case. The court ruled for tenant and awarded tenant an overcharge...
The estate of a 71-year-old deceased tenant sued landlord, claiming the wrongful death of tenant occurred due to landlord's negligence and breach of the warranty of habitability.
Rent-stabilized tenant sued landlord for negligence after she broke her hip, requiring surgery and convalescence in two rehab facilities after surgery. She claimed that she tripped and fell on broken flooring in her...
The DHCR granted succession rights to the daughter of a Mitchell-Lama cooperative shareholder tenant. Landlord filed an Article 78 court appeal of the DHCR's decision, claiming that it was arbitrary and...
Landlord of the LeFrak City housing complex applied for MCI rent increases for four buildings with a separate connecting lobby structure based on lobby renovations. The DRA ruled for landlord in part but disallowed...
