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...
Rent-stabilized tenant, who moved into her apartment in 2010, complained to the DHCR of rent overcharge. She also claimed that landlord offered no renewal lease in 2017 and also failed at that point to continue...
A group of Westchester County landlords sued Governor Cuomo, seeking in federal court to block Cuomo's temporary eviction moratorium issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, they objected to the...
Tenant moved into an apartment in January 2019 at a monthly rent of $4,560. The apartment was on the sixth floor, two floors below the building's roof. When a real estate broker showed tenant the apartment, there...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming that her child suffered lead paint poisoning due to lead paint in her apartment. Tenant asked the court to decide the case in her favor without a trial. The court ruled against tenant,...
Landlord owned a two-family house and lived on the first floor. In 2001, landlord signed a housing assistance payment (HAP) contract with NYCHA based on the tenancy of a woman who lived with her two children on the...
Former tenant sued Orange County landlord in small claims court to recover his $3,200 security deposit. The trial court awarded tenant $2,165 and awarded landlord $1,035 on his counterclaim for damages to the house....
Seventy-four tenants sued a number of landlords of different buildings for rent overcharge in one lawsuit that they sought to designate as a class action. Tenants claimed that there was a systematic effort...
Former tenant sued landlord in Nassau County small claims court for a refund of his security deposit. The court ruled for tenant and awarded him $1,800. Landlord appealed, and the case was reopened for a new trial....
Tenant sued landlord in 2015, claiming illegal lockout and breach of the warranty of habitability. Tenant also sought $1 million in damages. Although tenant filed the case in State Supreme Court, the court...
