DISCRIMINATION

Landlord Discriminated Against Disabled Tenant

July 23, 2018    

Landlord cooperative corporation sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance. While that case was pending in housing court, tenant filed a complaint with the New York State Division of Human Rights (DHR) claiming...

Landlord Must Accommodate Tenant's Request for Wheelchair-Accessible Apartment Doorway

June 23, 2018    

Tenant, unable to enter or leave her apartment without being carried, asked landlord to install a wheelchair-accessible entrance to her unit by converting a window to a door. Landlord claimed that it couldn't do...

Tenants Claim Landlord Schemed to Remove Latino Tenants and Inflate Rents

May 27, 2018    

Tenants sued landlord for housing discrimination based on race and national origin, claiming violations of the Fair Housing Act, NYC Human Rights Law, NYC Housing Code, and the Rent Stabilization Law. They claimed...

Bad Credit History Wasn't Pretext for Discrimination Against Applicant

February 15, 2018    

Prospective tenant sued landlord, claiming discrimination when landlord rejected her rental application. Landlord claimed that it denied the application due to negative credit history, verified by a TransUnion credit...

Landlord Refused to Give Tenant Form to Get Rental Assistance

September 28, 2017    

Prior landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent and signed a settlement agreement in court. The eviction warrant agreed to was stayed pending payment, upon which landlord would give tenant a lease. New...

Tenants Didn't Violate Settlement Regarding Occupancy by Taking in Foster Child

August 28, 2017    

Landlord sued to evict tenants for unauthorized subletting. Landlord and tenants signed a court-ordered settlement agreement that put tenants on probation for six years. Tenants agreed not to use the apartment for...

Neither Landlord Nor Tenants Get Attorney's Fees Where Claim Settled

August 25, 2017    

Tenants who claimed to be handicapped sued landlord for failing to provide a reasonable accommodation under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) during an elevator shutdown needed to make required repairs. Under a settlement...

Disabled Shareholder-Tenant Needed More Time to Make Apartment Alterations

May 26, 2017    

Shareholder-tenant filed a complaint against  landlord cooperative corporation with the New York State Division of Human Rights (DHR) for discrimination. Tenant claimed that landlord should have given her an...

Abused Spouse Has Protected Property Interest in Tenant's Voucher

February 27, 2017    

Tenant’s wife sued HPD, claiming that HPD denied her due process, discriminated against her on the basis of her sex, and acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner contrary to federal and local law by denying...

NYCHA Reasonably Sought to Accommodate Tenant's Fear of Apartment Entry

February 13, 2017    

Tenant filed an Article 78 appeal of NYCHA’s decision to terminate her Section 8 rent subsidy. The court ruled against tenant. Tenant failed to act reasonably in response to NYCHA’s attempts to...

Did Landlord Illegally Seek Removal of Tenant's Service Dog?

January 25, 2017    

Tenant sued landlord, claiming that landlord terminated her tenancy due to tenant’s service dog, in violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA). The court ruled against tenant because he didn’t state facts...

Landlord Can Remove Disabled Tenants' Second Parking Space

January 19, 2017    

Disabled tenants used two parking spaces at a Yonkers building for 13 years until landlord denied their use of one space so that it could provide parking to another tenant. Tenants sued landlord, seeking a reasonable...