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...
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...
