Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-controlled tenant died. The occupant claimed succession rights. The court granted landlord's request to conduct pretrial questioning of the occupant but denied...
NYCHA tenant's daughter claimed succession rights to the apartment after tenant died. NYCHA denied the daughter's request, finding that she didn't qualify as a remaining family member. The daughter filed...
Tenant's sister filed an Article 78 court appeal of landlord NYCHA's decision that she didn't qualify for succession rights to tenant's apartment. The sister claimed that she moved in with tenant in...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-stabilized tenant died. Occupant claimed that she was tenant's daughter and had lived in the apartment with tenant since 1970. Landlord sought pre-trial...
Mitchell-Lama tenant's sister sought succession rights after tenant moved out. HPD ruled against the sister, who then filed an Article 78 court appeal. The sister claimed that HPD's decision was unreasonable...
The stepdaughter of deceased rent-stabilized tenant sued her stepmother, claiming that she had succession rights to tenant's apartment. The stepmother was still living in the apartment and claimed that...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant, claiming that occupant remained after rent-stabilized tenant died and was unauthorized to do so because he wouldn't sign a lease. Landlord claimed that occupant was a...
The wife of a rent-stabilized tenant complained that landlord refused to offer her a renewal lease after tenant died. Landlord questioned the spouse's right to the renewal. The DRA ruled for the wife. Landlord...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-stabilized tenant died in 2011. Occupant claimed succession rights. The trial court ruled for landlord, finding that occupant didn't establish that she was a...
Landlord sued to evict former rent-controlled tenant's daughter after tenant died. The daughter claimed succession rights. The court ruled for the daughter. Landlord appealed and lost. The daughter produced...
Deceased tenant's grandson claimed succession rights to Mitchell-Lama apartment. Landlord and HPD denied the grandson's request. Grandson filed an Article 78 court appeal and lost. The court found that HPD...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. It was undisputed that tenant had moved out of the apartment, and he didn't appear in court. But apartment occupant claimed succession...
