Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed that landlord couldn't collect rent because the building didn't have a proper Certificate of Occupancy (C of O). The court ruled for tenant...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case. Landlord sought unpaid rent at the monthly rate of $1,174 listed in tenant's 2019 lease. But tenant didn't...
Landlord sued to evict former Starrett City Mitchell-Lama tenant's son for nonpayment of rent since August 2016, when tenant's last lease expired. The son had claimed successor status after tenant died. The...
Landlord of privately owned, project-based Section 8 building sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord had terminated tenant's housing assistance and charged her market-rate rent due to tenant's...
Landlord sued tenant for nonpayment of base rent and additional rent owed under tenant's lease. The court ruled for landlord, finding that tenant defaulted in rent payments. Tenant appealed and won. The late fees...
Landlord sued former tenant in small claims court, claiming that tenant owed $2,100 in legal and late fees. Tenant in turn claimed $5,000 in legal fees. The court ruled against landlord and awarded tenant $5,000 for...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case because landlord didn't send tenant a written notice that rent hadn't been received. This notice was now...
Landlord of Mitchell-Lama co-op building sued to evict shareholder tenant for nonpayment of maintenance. Tenant claimed that the rent demand was defective because landlord sought rent for months prior to her...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Prior tenant, who was tenant's mother, had SCRIE benefits and paid a reduced monthly rent of $555 under her 2016 and 2018 renewal leases....
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant from two-family house for nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that tenant owed rent totalling $35,680 for the period between January 2018 and May 2019. Tenant asked the...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant signed a settlement agreement in court, but tenant later asked the court to vacate or modify the settlement stipulation. The...