After rent-controlled tenant died, her grandson asked landlord if he could move into the apartment. Landlord rented the apartment to the grandson as a month-to-month tenant. The grandson then claimed succession...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupants after tenant died in 2009. Landlord claimed that the apartment was rent stabilized. Occupants claimed succession rights as tenant’s wife and son, and said that the...
Landlord sued to evict rent-controlled tenant’s niece after tenant died. The niece claimed succession rights. The court ruled for landlord after a trial, finding that the niece failed to prove either that she...
Rent-stabilized tenant’s daughter complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to give her a renewal lease after tenant died in May 2013. The daughter claimed that she had lived in the apartment with tenant...
Rent-controlled tenant's brother claimed succession rights to the apartment. The DHCR ruled for the brother. Landlord filed an Article 78 appeal and lost. The brother showed that he had lived in the apartment as...
Landlord sued to evict project-based Section 8 tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed that she didn't owe any rent for periods prior to April 16, 2012. The court agreed with tenant and dismissed this...
Tenant's grandson claimed succession rights to tenant's NYCHA apartment. NYCHA ruled against the grandson, who then filed an Article 78 appeal. NYCHA had ruled after a hearing that the grandson failed to...
Landlord sued to evict tenant's son from HUD project-based Section 8 apartment after tenant died. The son claimed succession rights, and the court ruled in his favor. The son, his sister, and a neighbor all...
