BUILDING VIOLATIONS

Court Orders Landlord to Correct Immediately Hazardous Violation During Nonpayment Case

March 27, 2024    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. While the case was pending and before even filing an answer to landlord's petition, tenant filed an Order to Show Cause seeking an Order to Correct a roach...

Managing Agents Couldn't Prove They Had No Control over Property at Time of Violations

January 22, 2024    

Tenants brought an HP proceeding in housing court in July 2023, based on Housing Maintenance Code (HMC) violations, including harassment, and seeking an order to correct violations and civil penalties. The case named...

Landlord Can't Prove HPD Violation of Illegal Basement Apartment Was for Tenant's Unit

January 22, 2024    

Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that occupancy of the basement apartment was illegal because a prior legal basement apartment had been illegally converted by prior landlord into two units, including tenant...

Was Co-op Shareholder Tenant Responsible for Correcting Violations in Apartment?

May 23, 2023    

A cooperative shareholder-tenant brought an HP proceeding against landlord, seeking correction of building violations and a finding of harassment. The court dismissed tenant's harassment claim but continued to...

Landlord Must Pay $21,000 for Failing to Provide Cooking Gas for Two Years

August 24, 2022    

Tenants sued landlord in an HP proceeding, claiming harassment in violation of Housing Maintenance Code (HMC) Section 27-2004(a)(48). Tenants asked the court to rule in their favor without a trial, arguing there was...

Landlord Fined $10,000 for Advertising Short-Term Rentals for Boarders

July 24, 2022    

The Mayor's Office of Special Enforcement (OSE) issued two violation notices to landlord for posting two ads for Airbnb short-term rentals inside the building. Landlord argued that the ads were for the rental of...

HPD Gets $706K in Civil Penalties for Landlord's Failure to Correct Violations

July 21, 2022    

HPD sued landlord in housing court, seeking correction of violations of the Housing Maintenance Code, as well as penalties for failure to complete repairs. Landlord claimed that it had completed repairs and that...

Court Won't Dismiss HP Proceeding Against NYCHA Based on Unreported HPD Violations

June 27, 2022    

Tenant sued landlord in an HP proceeding, seeking an order to correct housing violations as well as a finding that landlord had harassed her. In response to the case, HPD inspected and found 13 unreported violations...

Landlord Fined $10,000 for Advertising for Short-Term Renters Outside Her Building

June 27, 2022    

The Mayor's Office of Special Enforcement (OSE) issued two violation notices to landlord for unlawful advertisements placed outside a Class "A" multiple dwelling. The ads concerned rental of an...

Tenants Can't Demand DOB Inspection Under Housing Maintenance Code

May 25, 2022    

Tenants sued landlord in an HP proceeding after a seven-alarm fire in the building in July 2012. Tenants sought to compel landlords to correct building violations and provide for further DOB inspection. The court...

Hearing Showed Landlord Remediated Mold Condition

February 21, 2022    

Long-term tenant sued landlord and HPD in 2016, seeking an order directing them to correct Housing Maintenance Code (HMC) violations. Tenant claimed that there was chronic water intrusion into his apartment, high...

Pandemic Laws Can't Prevent Landlord from Immediate Abatement of Unsafe Conditions

January 26, 2022    

Landlord sued to evict ETPA tenant for nonpayment of rent, claiming tenant owed $6,800 in arrears. Tenant consented to admitting landlord to the apartment to make repairs while the case was pending. But tenant later...