Landlord sued to evict apartment occupants after tenant moved out. The court ruled for landlord, finding that occupants were licensees, not tenants. The court gave occupants five months to move out, provided they...
Landlord of Mitchell-Lama building sent tenant a notice to cure, claiming that tenant didn't primarily reside in his apartment. Landlord then sought a certificate of eviction from HPD. Tenant appeared at HPD'...
Tenants sued landlord for rent overcharge. In September 2018, the court granted landlord's request to dismiss the complaint because the DHCR had concurrent jurisdiction and the court found that "the issues...
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...
