Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for violating a substantial tenancy obligation through chronic nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that it had started seven nonpayment proceedings against tenant...
Landlord cooperative corporation sued to evict shareholder tenant for noncureable objectionable conduct. The court granted tenant's request to dismiss the case. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord failed to...
Occupant of federally funded transitional housing program for formerly homeless individuals sued operator, claiming that he was unlawfully excluded based on claimed disruptive behavior. The court ruled for occupant...
Landlord sued to evict Mitchell-Lama tenant for illegal use of his apartment in violation of Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law Section 711(5) and Real Property Law Section 231(1). The court ruled for landlord...
Tenant asked the housing court to be restored to possession of his apartment seven months after the eviction. The court ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. The court petition papers were properly served by...
In 2007, NYCHA charged tenant with nondesirability based on its claim that tenant's son possessed and sold crack cocaine at or near the building complex grounds. Tenant signed a settlement agreement with landlord...
Tenant sought a writ of prohibition against enforcement of a housing court order after the court granted landlord's request for re-executing a warrant of eviction. The court ruled against tenant, who appealed and...
Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant after sending a 30-day termination notice. Tenant claimed that the eviction action was retaliatory and that the building was an interim multiple dwelling (IMD) subject to...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for chronic nonpayment of rent after commencing eight nonpayment proceedings against tenant within 30 months. In each case, tenant paid the back rent owed and didn't raise defenses....
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court, but tenant was later evicted for defaulting under the terms of that agreement. The court then granted...
Tenant sued landlord for illegal lockout. He claimed that he lived in a basement room with landlord's cousin since 2016, went to jail in November 2017, and returned in February 2018. Landlord said that she didn...
Landlord of Mitchell-Lama building applied to HPD for a certificate of eviction against tenant. HPD scheduled a hearing in January 2015. Tenant failed to appear, and the hearing was adjourned. When tenant again...
