The NYC Civil Court issued directives and procedures for management of motions for a default judgment in housing court in accordance with the September 2021 state law establishing a procedure for seeking a default...
(Decision submitted by Karen Schwartz-Sidrane, of the Rockville Centre law firm of Sidrane, Schwartz-Sidrane, Perinbasekar & Littman LLP, attorneys for the landlord.)
Tenants filed a class action against landlord, claiming rent overcharge. The building had been temporarily exempt from rent stabilization on the base rent date four years earlier when it was owned by Brooklyn Law...
The NYC Civil Court announced that it would resume regular calendars for newly filed cases, consistent with current health and safety standards, starting Sep. 21, 2021, and the NYC Housing Court will schedule a first...
Following the U.S. Supreme Court's issuance of a stay on Aug. 12, 2021, the State of New York Unified Court System issued a Memorandum on Aug. 17, 2021, concerning Residential Eviction Proceedings Following ...
On Aug. 13, 2021, the Chief Administrative Judge of the Courts of the State of New York issued an Administrative Order, AO/245/21, to update procedures in connection with the processing of residential eviction...
On Aug. 13, 2021, the Chief Administrative Judge of the Courts of the State of New York issued Administrative Order AO/244/21 to assist in the implementation of the statewide New York Emergency Rental Assistance...
On Aug. 16, 2021, the NYC Civil Court issued DRP-217, effective Aug. 16, 2021, regarding court management of pre-pandemic eviction proceedings in the NYC Civil Court, Housing Part. Noting that there were still about...
Tenant's guest sued landlord for negligence after he was shot as he left the building by an outside attacker. He claimed that the main entrance building locks were never locked because the locks were broken. The...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. Apartment occupants, who were tenant's daughter and son-in-law, asked the court for permission to amend their answer to landlord's...
