PASSING ON APARTMENTS

Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Grandson Gets Apartment

July 23, 2021    

Rent-stabilized tenant's grandson claimed succession rights and complained that landlord refused to give him a renewal lease after tenant died. The DRA ruled for tenant's grandson. Landlord appealed and lost...

Occupant Not Entitled to Renewal Lease and Didn't Claim Succession Rights

July 20, 2021    

Apartment occupant complained that landlord failed to offer him a rent-stabilized renewal lease. Landlord responded that the apartment wasn't the tenant's primary residence and that landlord had sent tenant a...

Tenant's Adopted Child Can't Get NYCHA Apartment

June 22, 2021    

NYCHA, as landlord of a federally funded public housing project under HUD regulations, denied a remaining family member (RFM) grievance by a surviving family member who sought succession to deceased tenant's...

Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Son Gets Apartment

June 21, 2021    

The son of a deceased rent-stabilized tenant filed a lease violation complaint, claiming that landlord had refused to offer him a renewal lease and that he had succession rights to the apartment. The DRA ruled for...

Rent-Stabilized Tenant's Daughter Gets Apartment

May 25, 2021    

Rent-stabilized tenant's daughter filed a lease violation complaint, claiming that landlord refused to offer her a renewal lease after tenant died in October 2019. The daughter claimed succession rights and said...

Tenant's Husband Didn't Prove Co-occupancy

April 27, 2021    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant's husband after tenant moved out of the apartment. The husband claimed succession rights. The trial court ruled for landlord. The husband appealed and lost, then...

Trial Needed to Determine If Tenant's Daughter Gets Apartment

April 27, 2021    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant's daughter after tenant moved out of the apartment. The daughter claimed succession rights. Landlord argued that there was no question of fact and asked the court to...

Rent-Controlled Tenant's Daughter Is First Successor Tenant

April 20, 2021    

Rent-controlled tenant's daughter sought succession rights to tenant's apartment when tenant moved out in 2017. The DRA ruled for the daughter, and landlord appealed. Landlord didn't dispute that the...

Does Son Have Pass-On Rights to Rent-Stabilized Apartment?

March 29, 2021    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenants, a married couple, for nonprimary residence when their renewal lease expired in 2015. The wife had died in 2014, and the husband moved out at some unknown date during...

Nonpayment Case Against Successor Tenant Dismissed

March 26, 2021    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant's surviving family member for nonpayment of rent. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case and argued that the 2017 renewal lease landlord offered her was...

Tenant's Son Who Used Apartment for Illegal Business Can't Get Pass-On Rights

March 26, 2021    

Landlord sued to evict rent-controlled tenant's son after tenant died in 2010. While the son claimed succession rights, the court ruled for landlord. In a lengthy decision involving unusual questions, the court...

Tenant's Son and Son's Girlfriend Get Apartment

March 26, 2021    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant's son and son's girlfriend after tenant died in 2014. The son and girlfriend claimed succession rights. The court ruled in their favor. Landlord appealed and lost...