Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant based on nonprimary residence. Tenant's niece, who occupied the unit, claimed succession rights. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the niece's claim without...
Rent-controlled tenant's son claimed that he had succession rights to tenant's apartment and asked the DHCR for a ruling on this question. The DRA ruled against the son, who appealed and lost. The DRA found...
Rent-stabilized tenant's daughter complained in December 2017 that landlord refused to give her a renewal lease although she had succession rights to the apartment after tenant moved out. The daughter claimed...
Apartment occupant complained to the DHCR that landlord refused to give him a rent-stabilized renewal lease even though he had succession rights to tenant's apartment. The DRA ruled for occupant and directed...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court ruled for landlord based on tenant's default. Tenant then asked the court to vacate the default judgment. While this request was pending, tenant...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant's daughter and granddaughter after tenant died. These family members claimed succession rights to the apartment. The court ruled for tenant's family members and...
The DHCR granted succession rights to the daughter of a Mitchell-Lama cooperative shareholder tenant. Landlord filed an Article 78 court appeal of the DHCR's decision, claiming that it was arbitrary and...
Tenant's grandson sued landlord NYCHA, claiming illegal lockout from his apartment. NYCHA claimed that the apartment was abandoned and that the grandson was an unauthorized occupant who hadn't lived in the...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupants in 2018 after tenant died. The court ruled for landlord based on the failure by two occupant/licensees to appear in court, after an initial appearance. Occupants appealed,...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. Tenant's son claimed succession rights, even if tenant had moved out. The court granted the son's request to dismiss the case without a...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. Apartment occupants, who were tenant's daughter and son-in-law, asked the court for permission to amend their answer to landlord's...
Landlord sued to evict the sister-in-law of rent-stabilized tenant after tenant died. The sister-in-law claimed succession rights. The trial court ruled in her favor, finding that she was a nontraditional family...
