Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. The court granted tenant's request to dismiss the case based on defects in landlord's combined notice of lease nonrenewal and...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for keeping a pitbull dog in his apartment in violation of her lease. Tenant claimed that she had kept the dog since she moved into the apartment in 2014, and that landlord's staff...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court, but tenant later asked the court to vacate or modify the settlement stipulation. The...
Former tenant sued landlord, the co-op shareholder, for return of her security deposit after she moved out. Landlord claimed that tenant wasn't entitled to a refund because, as the result of a number of short-...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant and her adult son after sending a 30-day termination notice. After a number of adjournments, landlord asked the court to make tenant pay a rent deposit and/or use and...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant and her adult son. The son appeared in court and claimed retaliatory eviction. A guardian ad litem also was appointed for tenant. The son claimed that landlord sued to evict...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant argued that, because his last renewal lease expired on July 31, 2017, and he had no current renewal lease, he didn't owe rent. The...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance based on the condition of her apartment. Tenant was elderly, was granted a life estate when her family sold the building to landlord, and had an Article 81...
Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment after the building's J-51 tax benefits ended. Tenants argued that the building became rent stabilized solely as a...
Tenants sued landlords in 2013 for rent overcharge and improper deregulation of their apartments. The court found that tenants were rent stabilized, that there were overcharges based on fraud, and that triple...
Tenants sued landlord in a 2009 class action, claiming rent overcharge and wrongful deregulation of apartments while landlord received J-51 tax benefits starting in July 2003, and for failing to return previously...
Landlord sued tenants in small claims court, claiming that they breached their lease by moving out early. Tenants counterclaimed for breach of the warranty of habitability and constructive eviction. The court ruled...
