Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-stabilized tenant died. The occupant claimed that he had a family-member relationship with tenant. The trial court ruled for the occupant, finding he had...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant's daughter after tenant died. The daughter asked the court to dismiss the case without trial. The court ruled against the daughter, who appealed and lost. Documentary...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant's daughter after tenant died. The trial court ruled for the daughter. Landlord appealed and lost. Despite some procedural errors by the lower court, the daughter'...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-controlled tenant died. The occupant claimed succession rights and that he was tenant's nephew. The trial court ruled for landlord. Occupant appealed and lost...
Apartment occupant claimed to the DHCR that she had succession rights to tenant's rent-stabilized apartment and that landlord refused to give her a renewal lease. The DRA ruled against occupant, finding that she...
Landlord sued to evict tenant's adult daughter after tenant died. The daughter had filed an Article 78 appeal of NYCHA's decision denying her remaining family member grievance, and it was undisputed that the...
Mitchell-Lama apartment occupant claimed succession rights after tenant died. HPD ruled against the occupant, who then filed an Article 78 court appeal. The court ruled against the occupant. Although occupant was a...
Tenants' daughter complained that the deceased tenants, who were her parents, had been rent controlled and that landlord failed to renew a lease in her name. The DRA ruled against the daughter, who appealed and...
Apartment occupant complained that landlord improperly refused to grant him a rent-stabilized renewal lease. Occupant claimed that he was a nontraditional family member entitled to succession rights after tenant...
NYCHA tenant's daughter claimed succession rights after tenant died. NYCHA ruled against the daughter, who filed an Article 78 court appeal of NYCHA's decision. The court ruled for the daughter. NYCHA had...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant's grandson after tenant died. The grandson claimed succession rights. The trial court ruled for the grandson, who showed that he had lived in the apartment since 2001...
Rent-stabilized tenant's son complained that landlord refused to offer him a renewal lease after tenant died. The DRA ruled for the son and directed landlord to offer him a renewal lease. Landlord appealed and...
