Tenants complained of rent overcharge and claimed that their apartment was improperly deregulated in 2007 while the building received J-51 tax benefits. The DRA ruled for tenant, finding that the apartment was rent...
Tenant, a community service provider, sued to evict occupant it claimed was a subtenant, for nonpayment of rent. After trial, the court ruled against tenant. The apartment occupant was a licensee, not a tenant, and...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a lease violation and rent overcharge. The DRA ruled against tenant, who appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that landlord had agreed to add co-tenant to her lease but, at the time...
Landlord sued to evict tenant after tenant's lease expired. Tenant claimed that she received enhanced voucher assistance through the Section 8 program and therefore was protected from eviction without cause. The...
Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that tenant wasn't subject to rent stabilization because he had refused to sign a vacancy lease. The court ruled for landlord, awarding it possession and $13,700 in back...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. The court dismissed the case. Landlord was required to send tenant a notice of intent not to renew tenant's lease between 90 and 150 days...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence when tenant's two-year renewal lease expired in 2017. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case because landlord never gave him a vacancy...
Landlord sued former tenant for breach of contract. Landlord claimed that tenant moved out with 11 months remaining on a two-year lease. Tenant claimed that he had a one-year lease, with the possibility of extending...
Landlord’s insurer sued the tenant of several apartments for negligence and breach of contract. Tenant, a not-for-profit organization, sublet the apartments to individuals who participated in their support...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of improper lease renewal. She claimed that the legal rent on her renewal lease was incorrect and that she was being charged improperly an additional fee to have her boyfriend added...
Landlord and tenant signed a lease for three combined apartments in 1975 that changed tenant’s status from rent-controlled tenant of his prior apartment to rent-stabilized tenant of the combined apartments. In...
Tenant complained that landlord didn’t give him a proper rent-stabilized lease. Tenant moved into the apartment in 1974 under a loft lease. In 2007, the building became subject to rent stabilization under a...
