Tenants of 55 different apartments in 22 buildings owned or operated by landlord sued landlord in 2016 and claimed that landlord pursued a scheme designed to unlawfully inflate rents in violation of the Rent...
Landlord cooperative corporation filed an Article 78 appeal of a decision by the NY State Human Rights Division that it unlawfully discriminated against tenant on the basis of disability by not allowing her to keep...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant, after sending him a 10-day notice to quit. Landlord claimed that the occupant was a licensee, not a tenant. Occupant pointed out various indicators that he was a tenant. The...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant after tenant's lease expired. The court granted tenant's request to dismiss the case. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord's court papers contained fundamental...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-controlled tenant died. The occupant claimed succession rights and that he was tenant's nephew. The trial court ruled for landlord. Occupant appealed and lost...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent, claiming that the apartment was unregulated. Tenant, in turn, claimed that he was rent stabilized and that there was a rent overcharge. The court denied landlord...
Tenants sued landlord, seeking a declaration that: (a) their apartment was rent stabilized; (b) they were entitled to a rent-stabilized lease; and (c) they had been overcharged. The court granted landlord's...
Tenants sued Con Edison and landlord in federal court, claiming that they were negligent by failing to remedy a gas leak and to remove mold, roaches, rats, and garbage from in and around their apartment. Tenants...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that tenant was unregulated. But tenant showed that she was rent stabilized, and the case was dismissed based on landlord's failure to...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Prior tenant, who was tenant's mother, had SCRIE benefits and paid a reduced monthly rent of $555 under her 2016 and 2018 renewal leases....
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant based on a claimed violation of a substantial obligation of her tenancy. Landlord claimed that tenant failed to certify under the requirements of the Low Income Housing...
