Landlord sued former tenant of a single-family house in small claims court for $5,000, based on unpaid rent and damage to property. The court ruled for landlord in part, finding that tenant owed unpaid rent of $2,950...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant in April 2019 based on nonpayment of rent. In response, tenant claimed rent overcharge based on a 2016 DHCR decision. Landlord claimed that it already had credited tenant...
Landlord cooperative corporation sued a shareholder tenant for defamation. The co-op claimed that after losing an election for board president to another proprietary lessee, the tenant created a public Facebook group...
The city sued landlord of several Manhattan buildings and sought nuisance abatement. After three years of unsuccessful administrative enforcement efforts, the city claimed that landlord had failed to stop illegally...
Landlord sued to evict former Starrett City Mitchell-Lama tenant's son for nonpayment of rent since August 2016, when tenant's last lease expired. The son had claimed successor status after tenant died. The...
Former NYC homeless shelter resident sued the city for negligence after he was violently assaulted by another shelter resident. NYC owned the shelter. Resident also sued the NYC Dept. of Homeless Services (DHS) as...
Tenant sued landlord for negligence, claiming that she was injured when a pot of hot oil fell on her. Tenant also sued the manufacturer of the two-burner electric stove involved in her injury.
In 2009, rent-stabilized tenant left her apartment for Antigua to care for her mother. She returned to the apartment frequently but, in the meantime, sublet the apartment for the past 20 years to a family friend. The...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Initially, tenant and landlord signed a so-ordered settlement agreement. Tenant paid $1,700 and agreed to pay an additional $5,700 claimed due. An...
Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant. Tenant claimed he was rent stabilized because his building and the two buildings next door together formed a horizontal multiple dwelling (HMD). The court agreed that...
Landlord of loft building sued tenants and the NYC Loft Board, seeking an injunction against building occupants from interfering with landlord's work to legalize the building and pursuing its amended legalization...
Landlord sued to evict tenant based on tenant's failure to restore his discontinued Section 8 rent subsidy. The court ruled for landlord based on tenant's default.
