Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant's estate for nonpayment of rent in late 2018, after tenant died in March 2018. Tenant's son, in turn, responded to the case and claimed succession rights. The son...
The granddaughter of a rent-controlled tenant asked the DHCR to determine her claimed succession rights to tenant's apartment. Tenant had lived in the unit from 1950 until she died in 2011. The granddaughter...
NYCHA tenant's grandson, who was also tenant's adopted son, filed a grievance request with NYCHA, seeking succession rights after tenant died. The grandson said that he had lived with tenant since he was a...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant in 2012 based on nonprimary residence. In 2015, while the case was pending, tenant died and her stepson claimed succession rights. The trial court ruled for the stepson...
Rent-stabilized tenant's grandson claimed succession rights and complained that landlord refused to give him a renewal lease after tenant died. The DRA ruled for tenant's grandson. Landlord appealed and lost...
NYCHA, as landlord of a federally funded public housing project under HUD regulations, denied a remaining family member (RFM) grievance by a surviving family member who sought succession to deceased tenant's...
The son of a deceased rent-stabilized tenant filed a lease violation complaint, claiming that landlord had refused to offer him a renewal lease and that he had succession rights to the apartment. The DRA ruled for...
Rent-stabilized tenant's daughter filed a lease violation complaint, claiming that landlord refused to offer her a renewal lease after tenant died in October 2019. The daughter claimed succession rights and said...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant's daughter after tenant moved out of the apartment. The daughter claimed succession rights. Landlord argued that there was no question of fact and asked the court to...
Rent-controlled tenant's daughter sought succession rights to tenant's apartment when tenant moved out in 2017. The DRA ruled for the daughter, and landlord appealed. Landlord didn't dispute that the...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenants, a married couple, for nonprimary residence when their renewal lease expired in 2015. The wife had died in 2014, and the husband moved out at some unknown date during...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for failing to sign a renewal lease. Tenant's son, who was an apartment occupant, appeared in court and claimed succession rights. The court ruled for the son,...
