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Tenant's Daughter Can't Get Rent-Controlled Apartment

April 18, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict rent-controlled tenant's daughter after tenant died. The daughter claimed succession rights. The court ruled for landlord after a trial. Tenant died in 2009. Landlord brought the eviction...

Tenant's Son Gets Rent-Controlled Apartment

April 18, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict rent-controlled tenant's son after tenant died. The son claimed succession rights. The court ruled for tenant's son after trial. Tenant died in 1997. The son showed that he lived in the...

Son Can't Seek Succession Rights While Tenant Still in Apartment

March 24, 2015    

Rent-stabilized tenant's son claimed succession rights and complained that landlord refused to issue a renewal lease in his name. The DRA ruled against the son, who appealed and lost. Succession rights apply only...

Tenant's Grandson Gets Rent-Stabilized Apartment

March 24, 2015    

The grandson of a rent-stabilized tenant claimed succession rights and complained that landlord refused to give him a renewal lease in his own name. The DRA ruled for the grandson. Landlord appealed and lost....

Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Son Gets Apartment

March 23, 2015    

Rent-stabilized tenant's son claimed succession rights and complained that landlord refused to give him a renewal lease in his name. The DRA ruled against the son, who appealed and won. Tenant moved out of the...

Landlord Can Conduct Pretrial Questioning

January 26, 2015    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant based on nonprimary residence. Tenant admitted he moved out of the apartment in October 2011. But tenant's brother claimed that he lived in the apartment as his...

Tenant's Sister Gets Rent-Stabilized Apartment

December 22, 2014    

Rent-stabilized tenant's sister complained that landlord refused to give her a renewal lease in her own name after tenant moved out of the apartment. The DRA ruled for the sister. Landlord appealed and lost. The...

Tenant's Son Can't Get Rent-Controlled Apartment

December 22, 2014    

Tenant's son asked the DHCR to determine whether he had succession rights to the apartment after tenant died in March 2011. He claimed that he was entitled to a rent-stabilized renewal lease. The DRA ruled...

Daughter Gets Rent-Stabilized Apartment

November 24, 2014    

In a 2012 complaint to the DHCR, the daughter of a rent-stabilized tenant claimed succession rights after tenant died in 2010. The DRA ruled for the daughter. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord argued that it had...

Tenant's Grandson Gets HUD Section 8 Apartment

November 21, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict HUD Section 8 tenant's grandson after tenant died. The grandson claimed succession rights. Landlord argued that the grandson wasn't listed on tenant's annual income certifications....

Granddaughter Gets PHFL Apartment

November 20, 2014    

(Decision submitted by David Hershey-Webb of the Manhattan law firm of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph, attorneys for the tenant.)

Brother Who Was Live-In Aide to Tenant Can't Claim Succession Rights

October 27, 2014    

Landlord sued to evict elderly tenant's brother from rent-stabilized, federally subsidized apartment after tenant moved out to live with her daughter. The brother claimed succession rights. He claimed that he had...