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...
Landlord sued to evict tenant's adult daughter after tenant died. The daughter had filed an Article 78 appeal of NYCHA's decision denying her remaining family member grievance, and it was undisputed that the...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant from two-family house for nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that tenant owed rent totalling $35,680 for the period between January 2018 and May 2019. Tenant asked the...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. When tenant failed to comply with an agreement to produce certain documents during pretrial questioning, landlord asked the court to...
Nonpurchasing tenants in a cooperative building complex sued landlord co-op corporation, claiming that they were rent stabilized. The court ruled against tenants, who appealed and lost. The complex didn't become...
