Former tenant sued landlord in Suffolk County District small claims court, claiming that landlord improperly withheld her $2,400 security deposit. The court ruled for tenant. Landlord appealed and lost. In a small...
Rent-stabilized tenant complained to the DHCR that landlord offered an improper renewal lease by seeking to increase tenant's security deposit by more than a guidelines increase over the preferential rent paid by...
Former tenant sued landlord for reimbursement of damages after landlord evicted tenant using self-help. Landlord and tenant entered an oral agreement for the apartment, and tenant paid landlord $600 for the first...
Former tenants sued landlord for refund of their $18,600 security deposit. They lived in the apartment between 2014 and July 15, 2020, and claimed they left the unit in broom-clean condition. Landlord waited until...
Former tenant sued landlord, seeking recovery of his security deposit. The small claims court ruled for tenant in part, awarding him a judgment of $2,605, representing the security deposit, but awarding landlord $500...
Former tenant of brownstone apartment sued landlord in small claims court for recovery of his $2,400 security deposit. The trial court ruled against tenant, who appealed and won. Landlord argued that she had to pay...
Former tenant sued Orange County landlord in small claims court to recover his $3,200 security deposit. The trial court awarded tenant $2,165 and awarded landlord $1,035 on his counterclaim for damages to the house....
Former tenant sued landlord in Nassau County small claims court for a refund of his security deposit. The court ruled for tenant and awarded him $1,800. Landlord appealed, and the case was reopened for a new trial....
Landlord sued former tenant for unpaid rent and property damages totalling $5,000 after tenant moved out. Tenant claimed that the apartment developed mold and other conditions shortly after she moved in. When she...
Former tenants of a Manhattan brownstone triplex sued landlord for return of their substantial security deposit. Among other things, they claimed that landlord commingled the deposit in violation of the General...
Landlord sued former tenant of a single-family house in small claims court for $5,000, based on unpaid rent and damage to property. The court ruled for landlord in part, finding that tenant owed unpaid rent of $2,950...
Landlord sued former tenant for unpaid rent. Tenant, in turn, counterclaimed for return of his $12,750 security deposit. The court ruled against tenant, who appealed and won. Landlord had failed to give tenant notice...
