LEASES

Landlord's Estate Claims Fraud by Managing Agent

May 16, 2013    

The administrator of landlord's estate sued the real estate management company hired by the Public Administrator (PA) for a period ending in 2006, a former employee of that management company, and the DHCR. The...

Long-Term Resident Is Shareholder Entitled to Proprietary Lease

May 16, 2013    

Tenant sued cooperative corporation, seeking a declaration that he was a shareholder entitled to a proprietary lease. Tenant moved into the building in 1982. In 1984, the building converted to cooperative ownership....

Landlord's Sign-In/Sign-Out Rule Unreasonable

November 16, 2012    

Landlord of HUD building sued to evict Section 8 tenant for breaching a material provision of his lease after tenant refused to comply with landlord's sign-in/sign-out procedures at the building. Tenant claimed...

Landlord Didn't Repair Flood Damage

September 30, 2011