Tenant asked the court for permission to file a late notice of claim against landlord NYCHA for claimed negligence related to testing, repair, and abatement of lead paint in tenant's apartment. Landlord asked the...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for failing to execute a renewal lease. Tenant asked the court to delay the eviction proceeding pending determination of a related NY State Supreme Court action commenced...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed that there was a fraudulent scheme to deregulate the apartment and rent overcharge and asked the court to dismiss the case. The court ruled against...
New landlord of apartment building sued prior landlord for fraud and breach of contract based on claimed misrepresentation that certain units were exempt from rent stabilization. After new landlord purchased the...
New landlord sued two building tenants, claiming fraud and tort based on claimed misrepesentations by tenants, before landlord purchased the building, that they were rent stabilized. The court dismissed the complaint...
Co-op apartment shareholder tenant sued to evict his gay life partner, after sending the partner a notice to quit and claiming that he was a licensee. The partner argued that he wasn't a licensee, but a family...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for keeping a dog in violation of a no-pets clause in her lease. Tenant didn't appear in court, but her adult son appeared. He lived with tenant and claimed that he needed the dog as...
The NY Attorney General sued landlord and sought an injunction barring landlord from not accepting federal housing subsidized vouchers as a form of rent. The AG claimed that landlord's refusal to accept the...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated month-to-month tenant. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized. Landlord argued that the building was substantially rehabilitated after 1974 and therefore wasn't subject to...
Former resident of residential substance abuse treatment facility sued the treatment facility operator for unlawful eviction and deprivation of property without due process of law. The court granted the facility...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent, claiming that tenant owed $28,708. Tenant claimed that landlord waited too long to seek payment of rent owed, and that the delay was unreasonable and inexcusable...
