Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after tenant died. Occupant claimed succession rights to the apartment and landlord asked the court for permission to conduct pre-trial questioning. Occupant objected. He had...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant’s granddaughter after tenant died. Landlord claimed that the granddaughter was a licensee, but the granddaughter claimed that she had succession rights. The court...
The daughter of rent-stabilized tenant claimed succession rights and rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for the daughter, finding that she had established succession rights, and ordered landlord to refund $4,725,...
Landlord denied husband’s request for apartment succession rights after tenant died. The husband claimed that he was a remaining family member and filed an Article 78 appeal in State Supreme Court. The court...
Rent-stabilized tenant’s daughter claimed succession rights to tenant’s apartment after tenant died. The DHCR ruled against the daughter, who filed an Article 78 court appeal and lost. The court and...
Landlord sued to evict tenant’s wife, who claimed succession rights. The court ruled for the wife and dismissed the case. Landlord appealed and lost. First, the trial court properly found that, although the...
Landlord sued to evict rent-controlled tenant’s son after tenant died. The trial court ruled against landlord and found that the son proved he had succession rights. Landlord appealed and lost. The record...
Landlord sued to evict rent-controlled tenant’s daughter after tenant died. The daughter claimed succession rights. Tenant died in 2015 at the age of 99. Her daughter was 72 and claimed that she moved into the...
Rent-stabilized tenant’s son complained to the DHCR that landlord wouldn’t give him a renewal lease when tenant moved into a Florida nursing home in 2013. Tenant died in 2015. The son claimed that he had...
NYCHA tenant’s daughter filed a remaining family member grievance, seeking succession rights to tenant’s apartment. NYCHA ruled against the daughter for failure to pay use and occupancy. The daughter...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant based on nonprimary residence. Landlord claimed that tenant lived in upstate New York and that tenant’s son lived in the apartment. Tenant acknowledged that he didn...
The grandnephew of a deceased Mitchell-Lama cooperative tenant filed an Article 78 court appeal of HPD’s decision that he didn’t have succession rights to tenant’s apartment. The court ruled for the...
