August 2021
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New Trial Needed to Decide Tenant's Overcharge Claim
Court Finds Reasonable Excuse for Occupant's Default at Inquest
Court Finds Landlord and Tenant Agreed to Vacate Money Judgment in 2010
Landlord Must Offer Fifth-Floor Tenant Similar Apartment on First Floor
Court Vacates Default Judgment Against Landlord in Illegal Lockout Case
Westchester Court Applies CEEFPA Stay to Protect Occupant Who Wasn't Tenant
Co-op Can Evict Shareholder Tenant for Objectionable Conduct
Court Can't Apply HSTPA's "Immediate and Compelling Necessity Standard" Retroactively to Pending Owner Use Case
Court Dismisses Tenants' Harassment Claims
Landlord Can Sue Tenant for Trespass After Tenant Moved Out and Left Roommate Behind
Court Denies Tenant's Request to Disqualify Landlord's Attorney
Court Grants Tenant's Request for Pre-Trial Document Production
Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Stepson Gets Apartment
Tenant Ineligible for CEEFPA Protection May Seek Relief Under Tenant Safe Harbor Act
Family Member Wasn't Tenant Entitled to CEEFPA Hardship Declaration Protection
NYCHA Must Grant New Hearing on Grandson's Succession Claim
Landlord Can't Withhold Security Deposit for Repainting
Tenant Can't Sue Landlord's Daughter for Breach of Tenant's Lease
Landlord's Preferential Rent Rider Was Invalid
Did Tenant's Apartment Alterations Constituted a Nuisance?
No Fine Where Stray Animals Strewed Contents of Garbage Cans
Landlord Fined $1,250 for Corroded, Leaking Gas Pipes and Meters
Landlord Fined $2,800 for Building Cracks and Deteriorated Fire Escape
Landlord Fined for $1,250 for Restaurant Shed Permit Violations
DOB Can Issue Fire-Safety Violations Without Inspection Where There's Illegal Short-Term Rental
Landlord Fined by DOS for Trash Found in Sidewalk Tree Pit
Landlord Doesn't Prove Awning Collapse Caused Entirely by Weight of Snow
Landlord Fined $6,250 for Violations Due to Illegal Transient Use of Apartment
Landlord Fined $1,600 for Rooftop HVAC Work Performed Without a Permit
Landlord Took Sufficient Steps to Fight Rats on Neighboring Property
Contractor Fined $5,000 for Not Conspicuously Posting Post-COVID Safety Plan
U.S. Supreme Court Stops Enforcement of Tenant Self-Certification of Hardship Under CEEFPA
Housing Court DRP-217 Updates Procedures for Cases with Judgments or Warrants Issued Before March 17, 2020
Court Administrative Order Now Requires Landlord-Petitioners to Advise of Pending CERAP Applications
Court Administrative Order AO/245/21 Updates Residential Eviction Matter Processing
NY Court Issues Memorandum on Effect of USSC Chrysafis Decision on Eviction Matter Procedures
Tenant Can File Late Answer and Conduct Pre-Trial Questioning in Nuisance Case
Court Won't Reject Tenant's Hardship Declaration Where Landlord Doesn't Prove Nuisance
Tenant Can't Reopen Nonpayment Case
CEEFPA Bars Landlord From Evicting Occupant Without Additional Motion Filing
Landlord Was Responsible for Rent Overcharge Despite Building Purchase at Judicial Sale
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