Landlord of a Mitchell-Lama cooperative corporation sued to evict the proprietary lessee/shareholder tenant for nonprimary residence after sending a notice to cure. The tenant owned a house in Brooklyn with her...
Landlord sent tenant a notice of lease nonrenewal based on claimed nonprimary residence. Tenant then filed a complaint with the DHCR based on landlord's failure to offer her a renewal lease. Landlord commenced an...
Tenant filed an Article 78 court appeal of an HPD decision that tenant wasn't using her Mitchell-Lama apartment as her primary residence, and granting landlord a certificate of eviction. The court transferred the...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant based on nonprimary residence. Tenant filed for ERAP rental assistance while the case was pending, and landlord asked the court to vacate the automatic ERAP stay of the...
Landlord sued to evict an 82-year-old rent-stabilized tenant who had lived in the apartment for 47 years based on nonprimary residence. Landlord asked the court for permission to conduct pre-trial questioning. Tenant...
Tenant filed a lease violation complaint with the DHCR, claiming that landlord failed to renew his lease that was set to expire on Nov. 30, 2022. The DRA ruled for tenant based on landlord's failure to answer the...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. The trial court ruled for tenant and dismissed the case. Landlord appealed and won. At trial, tenant testified that he became ill while on a...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonprimary residence. The trial court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. The court found no grounds to disturb the court's findings, which were based...
Husband and wife, who lived in New York County, owned a second home in Suffolk County. The wife retreated there in March 2020 when the COVID pandemic struck. In August 2020, the husband sued for divorce in Suffolk...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord failed to renew her lease. In response, landlord argued that tenant wasn't maintaining the apartment as her primary residence. Tenant's last lease...
Landlord sued to eject former rent-stabilized tenant, one named apartment occupant, and other "John Does" or "Jane Does." Landlord claimed that tenant was a nonprimary resident, while occupants...
Landlord sued to evict rent-regulated tenant for nonprimary residence. The trial court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Building employees credibly testified that tenant didn't use his apartment as...
