Unregulated tenant sued landlord for rent overcharge and claimed improper deregulation of her apartment. Tenant moved into the apartment in May 2012 at a monthly rent of $3,900, and renewed her lease three times. The...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for illegally subletting or assigning his rent-stabilized apartment. Tenant had moved out and sent landlord a letter surrendering his tenancy, although he didn't return the keys. The...
Landlord sued to evict HUD Section 8 tenant for breaching his lease. Landlord claimed that tenant engaged in a pattern of conduct that adversely affected the health and safety of other building residents. This...
A visitor to a house rented by tenants sued tenants and landlord for negligence after tenants' dog bit the visitor and injured her. Landlord claimed that he wasn't responsible for the visitor's injuries...
HPD sued landlord, seeking a court order requiring landlord to provide heat and hot water after a claimed outage. HPD also sought civil penalties. Landlord argued that HPD's violation notice was defective. The...
HPD sued landlord, seeking civil penalties for failure to provide heat and hot water. Landlord didn't dispute that this was a "second season" violation but claimed that the violation notice was...
Tenant sued landlord and HPD, seeking correction of certain apartment violations. The court conducted an inspection at tenant's apartment and found that the bathtub wasn't stable. The court stepped into the...
A visiting nurse sued landlord NYCHA after she was injured during an assault while visiting her patient tenant in the building. The nurse claimed that NYCHA didn't provide adequate security. The court denied...
Section 8 tenant filed an Article 78 appeal of landlord NYCHA's decision to terminate her Section 8 subsidy. NYCHA terminated tenant's subsidy because her son used the apartment as part of his illegal drug...
Unregulated tenant sued landlord, claiming that he was rent stabilized and that his rent should be frozen at the legal regulated rent in effect when the apartment was last registered with the DHCR, and seeking...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant's daughter after tenant died in 2015. The daughter claimed succession rights to the apartment. The court ruled for landlord after trial. The daughter appealed and...
Vacancy-deregulated tenant sued landlord for rent overcharge and improper deregulation. The court ruled for tenant without a trial. Landlord appealed, and the case was reopened for further fact-finding. There were...
