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Son Couldn't Prove Succession Rights

May 21, 2015    

Rent-stabilized tenant’s son complained in 2013 that landlord refused to give him a...

Tenant's Brother Gets Rent-Controlled Apartment

May 13, 2015    

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...

Successor Tenant Not Responsible for Rent Accrued Before She Signed Lease

April 23, 2015    

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...

NYCHA Must Give Tenant's Grandson New Hearing on Succession Claim

April 20, 2015    

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...

Tenant's Son Gets HUD Section 8 Apartment

April 20, 2015    

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...

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...