Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that the apartment was exempt from rent regulation. Tenant in turn claimed that he was rent stabilized and had been overcharged. The court ruled for tenant, and tenant sought...
New York's highest court ruled that, in a rent overcharge proceeding, the DHCR could look back more than four years and freeze the tenant's rent at the level determined in a prior rent reduction order based...
Prospective tenant, a 45-year-old disabled man with AIDS, sued a real estate broker for housing discrimination after it refused to show him any apartments. Tenant had disclosed that he had a subsidy to help pay...
Landlord sued to evict tenant. The court ruled against landlord and awarded tenant attorney's fees. Landlord appealed the attorney's fee award and lost. Although the lease didn't define the attorney's...
