Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case. He claimed that landlord's rent demand failed to set forth a good faith approximation of rent due...
Landlord sued to evict several building tenants for nonpayment of rent. Tenants claimed that the building was unlawfully occupied, in violation of Multiple Dwelling Law Section 302, and asked the court to dismiss the...
Landlord sued to evict Section 8 tenant of HUD-subsidized housing for nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that tenant owed over $13,000 for six months' rent because tenant failed to recertify annual income and...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for breach of a substantial obligation of her tenancy. Landlord claimed that tenant failed to maintain her Section 8 subsidy due to fraud. Tenant argued that her subsidy...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court granted tenant's request to dismiss the case. Tenant's father was the prior tenant, who died in September 2016. HPD granted the son's...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for chronic late payment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court that required tenant to pay rent arrears and to make timely future rent...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court. Tenant agreed to pay $14,000 in back rent, and an eviction warrant was stayed pending payment. Tenant...
Tenant filed an Article 78 appeal of the decision by New Rochelle's Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program to terminate his participation in the federal housing subsidy program. The program terminated tenant...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for chronic nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court that put tenant on probation. Tenant then failed to pay rent on time in June 2015 and didn'...
(Decision submitted by Lester J. Figueroa of the Manhattan law firm of Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C., attorneys for the landlord.)
HPD terminated tenant's Section 8 rent subsidy after finding that a member of tenant's household engaged in drug-related criminal activity from the apartment and that tenant was aware of it. Tenant then filed...
