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Tenant's Domestic Partner Gets Apartment

December 15, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-stabilized tenant died. Occupant claimed succession rights and asked the court to dismiss the case based on documents and without a trial. She claimed that...

Trial Needed to Determine if Subtenant Had Succession Rights

August 7, 2013    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant Cogle for unauthorized subletting. One of the apartment occupants, Thornhill, claimed that she had succession rights from a prior rent-stabilized tenant, Jackson....

Occupant Doesn't Prove Succession Rights

December 12, 2012    

Apartment occupant, who claimed succession rights after rent-stabilized tenant moved out, complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to give him a renewal lease in his own name. The DRA ruled against occupant...