Landlord cooperative corporation sued to evict shareholder tenants for assigning their proprietary lease and co-op shares to their son in violation of their lease. The court granted tenant’s request to dismiss...
Under a Loft Board Order, tenant's building was no longer an Interim Multiple Dwelling (IMD) and became subject to rent stabilization. Tenant then complained to the DHCR that landlord offered her an improper...
Tenants' association sued to void a lease entered with tenant for an apartment in a building owned by the City of New York. The court ruled for the tenants' association. Tenant appealed and lost. Because the...
Tenants and former tenants of Yonkers Section 8 apartment complex sued HUD and the DHCR. Landlord had submetered electricity at the buildings when it refinanced the building in 2008 and, under a lease form mandated...
Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that tenant was illegally using her apartment as a daycare center in substantial violation of her lease. The court granted tenant's request to dismiss the case. Tenant was...
Co-op tenant shareholder sued apartment occupant, claiming that in 1990 they had agreed that occupant would live in the apartment without paying rent but that occupant would pay maintenance, assessments, and other...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court. Tenant later sought more time to pay back rent owed under the agreement. Landlord...
Landlord sued two co-tenants for breaching their lease. One tenant defaulted. The other claimed that she was 17 years old when she signed the lease and therefore wasn't responsible for complying with its terms....
Massapequa landlord sued to evict tenants after buying a building in a foreclosure sale. Landlord claimed that she was unaware of tenants' presence when she bought the building. A notice of pendency was recorded...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained of rent overcharge. She questioned the individual apartment improvements that landlord claimed were done. Tenant also complained that landlord hadn't given her the option of a...
The City of New York owned a building that was net leased to tenants' association under HPD's Tenant Interim Lease (TIL) program. Tenants' association then became the building's landlord. In 2004,...
