DOB issued violations to landlord for illegally maintaining a four-family dwelling in a two-family house. The NYC Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) upheld the violations and imposed civil penalties...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant, claiming that occupancy of the basement/cellar apartment was unlawful. The court granted tenant's request to dismiss the case. Landlord didn't deny that tenant...
Tenant sued landlord in a Housing Court HP proceeding to obtain corrections of apartment conditions. Tenant also claimed harassment by landlord. Tenant and landlord both appeared on the first court date on March 20,...
Six tenants sued landlord in a 2019 HP proceeding, seeking correction of building violations. After trial, the court ordered landlord to correct conditions so that vacate orders would be lifted within six months....
DOB issued eight violation notices to landlord based on illegally altering a building as a dwelling without a valid certificate of occupancy (C of O). At a hearing, DOB showed that a 1962 C of O authorized the...
DOB issued six violation notices to landlord for illegal conversion of a two-family house. Each violation imposed daily penalties. DOB's inspector stated that he'd observed two unauthorized Class "...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for performing work at a building without a permit. DOB's inspector observed a vacant, two-story building with the entrance door closed. But he saw a new extended sloped...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for having an altered/changed building occupied without a valid certificate of occupancy (C of O). Landlord argued at a hearing that the notice wasn't properly served....
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for doing electrical work without a permit. DOB's inspector noted that he observed new electrical wiring and piping for lights in the building stairs and hallways of the...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord after its inspector found occupancy in a manner contrary to that allowed by DOB records. DOB's inspector had found that a fifth-floor apartment was created and occupied...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failing to correct a prior violation and file a certificate of correction in connection with work done in the building's cellar without a permit. At a hearing,...
DOB issued two violation notices to landlord for failing to comply with a DOB order. The underlying violations were for having a padlocked gate on a fence that obstructed a passageway to the street, and for failing...
