In two separate proceedings, the DHCR ruled that Building A and Building C weren't subject to rent stabilization. Each building contained three apartments, but tenants in each building claimed that, together with...
Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. The DHCR ruled for landlord, finding that tenant's apartment was to be deregulated at the end of her current...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant's daughter after tenant moved out. The daughter claimed succession rights to the apartment. The trial court ruled for landlord. The daughter appealed and lost. The...
Prospective tenant sued landlord's real estate broker in small claims court, seeking return of $500 that she paid to the broker in connection with her potential rental of an apartment. Tenant claimed that she...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant's granddaughter after tenant died. The trial court ruled against landlord, finding that the granddaughter proved succession rights.
Ulster County tenant sued landlord for negligence after she slipped and fell on a patch of ice on the single exterior step between the sidewalk and a small porch in front of her apartment door. Following pre-trial...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. The housing court appointed a guardian ad litem (GAL) for tenant. The parties signed a court-ordered settlement agreement in 2017, which included a money judgment...
Tenant sued landlord for negligence, after she tripped and fell on a door saddle at the bathroom entrance in her apartment. Landlord owned the building and was a social services organization that rented units to...
Landlord cooperative corporation, a former Mitchell-Lama co-op, that went free market in 2015, filed an Article 78 appeal of the DHCR's decision that former shareholder tenant's daughter had succession rights...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming breach of the warranty of habitability and that his unregulated apartment was uninhabitable due to mold, vermin, dust, and broken appliances. Landlord denied tenant's claims and...
Tenant sued someone he claimed was his landlord for illegal lockout. Since the court action took place during the COVID-19 public health emergency, the court denied tenant's request for a jury trial and instead...
Tenant sued a person who attacked her in her apartment building and sued her landlord for negligence. In April 2015, after a night on the town, tenant returned to her building, followed by another woman. The doorman...
