LOFTS

Loft Board Grants Tenant Protected Occupancy Status in Primary Residence Dispute

July 21, 2022    

The NYC Loft Board granted tenant's application for protected occupancy status. Landlord filed an Article 78 court appeal of the Loft Board's decision. The court ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost...

Court of Appeals Upholds Loft Board Rejection of Landlord-Tenant Settlement Creating Illegal Living Arrangement

March 28, 2022    

In March 2014, four residents of a loft building submitted Loft Law coverage applications to the NYC Loft Board, seeking to compel landlord to legalize the building as an interim multiple dwelling (IMD). Landlord...

Loft Unit Exempt from Rent Stabilization After Sale of Prior Tenant's Rights and Improvements

March 28, 2022    

Landlord sued to evict loft tenant. The court granted tenant's request to dismiss the case without trial, finding that the loft unit was subject to rent stabilization. Landlord appealed and lost before the...

Housing Court Can Direct Landlord to Correct Violations in Loft Building

March 28, 2022    

Loft tenant sued landlord in Housing Court and sought an order directing landlord and HPD to correct building violations under the Housing Maintenance Code (HMC). The court ruled for tenant, finding that the Housing...

Loft Board Reasonably Denied Landlord's Abandonment Application

December 22, 2021    

Landlord applied to the NYC Loft Board for a determination that tenant's loft unit had been abandoned. The Loft Board ruled against landlord, who then filed an Article 78 court appeal. The court ruled against...

Landlord's Mandamus Petition Against HPD to Force Action on Loft Legalization Process Dismissed

June 21, 2021    

Landlord owned a five-building complex of interim multiple dwellings (IMDs) located in a single zoning lot in the Special Clinton District. All of the buildings were subject to the NYC Loft Law. Landlord sought to...

Loft Tenants Can't Seek Enforcement of HMC in Housing Court

May 25, 2021    

Residents of an interim multiple dwelling (IMD) subject to the NYC Loft Law brought an HP proceeding against landlord in housing court seeking an order to correct certain building conditions, and an injunction...

Shareholder Tenant's Unit Subject to Loft Law

February 22, 2021    

In 2016, the NYC Loft Board ruled that landlord's building was an interim multiple dwelling (IMD) subject to the Loft Law. Landlord filed an Article 78 court proceeding, seeking annulment of the Loft Board's...

Landlord Can't Force Premature Loft Board Determination

December 10, 2020    

Landlord, who owned a building classified as an Interim Multiple Dwelling (IMD) under the Loft Law, sued the Loft Board in connection with Loft Board actions concerning the use and classification of the building....

Eviction Case Involving Commercial Loft Belongs in Housing Court

November 23, 2020    

Landlord sued to evict a commercial loft tenant when tenant's lease expired. Tenant claimed that she had lived in the loft at all times during her tenancy with landlord's knowledge and consent. She said the...

Landlord Can't Get Preliminary Approval of Plan to Remove Building's Gas Service

May 22, 2020    

Landlord of loft building sued tenants and the NYC Loft Board, seeking an injunction against building occupants from interfering with landlord's work to legalize the building and pursuing its amended legalization...

Prior Tenant Sold Loft Law Rights to Landlord

February 15, 2020    

Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant. Tenant claimed that she was protected by either the Loft Law or the rent stabilization law. Tenant asked the court to hold off on deciding the case until her application...