The Town of Brookhaven filed criminal charges against landlord for violating the Town Code by converting a single-family home to multifamily use by alterations performed without required building permits and...
The Mayor's Office of Special Enforcement (OSE) issued 10 violation notices to landlord's employee for unlawfully advertising apartments of three Lower East Side buildings for short-term rentals of less than...
Tenant brought an HP proceeding against landlord in housing court, claiming there was excessive heat in her apartment. HPD's inspector visited the apartment in September 2016 and found no violation. The court...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for altering a building occupied without a valid certificate of occupancy (C of O). DOB's inspector observed a class A apartment in the cellar with full kitchen, gas...
The Mayor's Office of Special Enforcement issued a violation notice to landlord for unlawfully advertising for short-term rentals on Airbnb.com. Landlord objected at a hearing, although she admitted she had...
The Mayor's Office of Special Enforcement issued three violation notices to landlord after observing three separate unlawful advertisements for short-term apartment rentals on Airbnb.com's website, in...
Tenant sued landlord, seeking removal of housing violations. The court issued an interim order directing landlord to correct class B violations. Tenant later asked the court to hold landlord in contempt for failing...
The Village of Westbury charged landlord of single-family home with criminal violation of 17 Building Code provisions involving construction, conversion, and renting without a permit, as well as electrical and...
Landlord sued to vacate an Alternate Enforcement (AEP) order issued by HPD, which directed landlord to remove Housing Maintenance Code violations. The court ruled against landlord, who appealed and won in part. The...
ECB ruled that landlord’s use of the building violated its certificate of occupancy, zoning rules, and the building code. Landlord filed an Article 78 appeal, claiming that ECB’s decision was unreasonable...
Landlord sued the City of Schenectady, claiming that the City’s Rental Certificate Ordinance (RCO) violated the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which barred unreasonable search and seizure, as well...
Tenants sued HPD to stop HPD from enforcing a vacate order issued on Dec. 9, 2014. HPD claimed that there were various unsafe conditions at the building. Tenants claimed that HPD’s inspection report was false...
