An apartment occupant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to give him a renewal lease after tenant, his mother, died in May 2018. The son submitted copies of his birth certificate, death certificate, NY...
Rent-stabilized tenant's granddaughter claimed succession rights and complained that the landlord refused to offer her a renewal lease after tenant died in October 2018. Landlord responded that it had commenced...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. Tenant's daughter appeared in the proceeding and claimed she had succession rights to the apartment. The trial court ruled for the daughter...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant's son, who claimed succession rights to the apartment after tenant died. The trial court ruled for landlord. The son appealed and lost. While the absence of...
Apartment occupant, who was the son of the deceased tenant, sued landlord NYCHA, claiming that NYCHA had illegally locked him out of his apartment and seeking to be restored to possession. He testified credibly that...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. Tenant died shortly thereafter, and tenant's niece claimed succession rights to the apartment.
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...
Rent-stabilized tenant's domestic partner claimed succession rights to tenant's apartment after tenant died. The DRA ruled for the partner. Landlord appealed and won. The DHCR found that the partner didn'...
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...
After a NYCHA tenant died, an apartment occupant sought succession rights. NYCHA held a hearing in 2019 and denied the occupant's remaining family member grievance. The occupant then filed an Article 78 court...
