Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for drug-related criminal activity in tenant's apartment, following the arrest of an occupant at the apartment. Landlord said that the HUD Voucher Program,...
Tenant sued landlord, claiming illegal lockout. Landlord claimed that tenant had voluntarily surrendered possession of the apartment. Tenant said that she was locked out on several occasions through December 2019 and...
Resident sued an operator of the Lighthouse program, claiming that he was unlawfully evicted without legal process. He sought restoration to the premises. The operator argued that resident wasn't a tenant and had...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for failing to maintain his Section 8 rent subsidy benefits. Landlord claimed that tenant violated his lease when he was terminated from the Section 8 program in 2017. Tenant asked the...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. The housing court appointed a guardian ad litem (GAL) for tenant. The parties signed a court-ordered settlement agreement in 2017, which included a money judgment...
Tenant sued someone he claimed was his landlord for illegal lockout. Since the court action took place during the COVID-19 public health emergency, the court denied tenant's request for a jury trial and instead...
In 2009, rent-stabilized tenant left her apartment for Antigua to care for her mother. She returned to the apartment frequently but, in the meantime, sublet the apartment for the past 20 years to a family friend. The...
Landlord sued to evict tenant based on tenant's failure to restore his discontinued Section 8 rent subsidy. The court ruled for landlord based on tenant's default.
Landlord sued to evict the building super's wife from a basement apartment after sending her a 10-day notice to quit as a licensee. Landlord had allowed the building super to live in the apartment as an incident...
Landlord sued to evict a month-to-month tenant after sending a 30-day eviction notice. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that landlord improperly served a 30-day notice. Tenant claimed that, under...
Landlord sued to evict project-based Section 8 tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant didn't appear in court, so the court awarded landlord a judgment of possession and a money judgment for $2,683. Tenant later...
Landlord NYCHA sued to evict tenant after a NYCHA hearing resulted in termination of her tenancy. The court ruled for landlord but permanently stayed issuance of an eviction warrant as an accommodation to tenant'...
