TENANT NUISANCES

Court Bans Tenant's Disruptive Visitor from Building

January 19, 2022    

Landlord sued tenant, seeking to stop tenant and his frequent guest from creating a nuisance in its apartment building. In December 2020, the court granted landlord's request for a preliminary injunction...

Landlord Gets Injunction Against Tenant's Objectionable Conduct

December 22, 2021    

Landlord sued loft tenant in State Supreme Court, seeking both preliminary and permanent injunctions, to stop tenant from all illegal and/or objectionable conduct in the building and his unit. Landlord claimed that...

Landlord's Request to Restore Nuisance Case to Court Calendar Was Made Too Late

December 14, 2021    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance by maintaining his apartment in a horrible condition that substantially interfered with the comfort and safety of landlord and other tenants. Both sides were...

Tenant's Conduct Endangers Health and Safety of Residents

November 17, 2021    

Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that tenant breached his lease by engaging in objectionable and nuisance-type conduct and behavior on multiple occasions. Among other things, landlord sought a preliminary, as...

Tenant Can File Late Answer and Conduct Pre-Trial Questioning in Nuisance Case

August 26, 2021    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for breaching a substantial obligation of her tenancy and for creating a nuisance through objectionable conduct. Landlord claimed that tenant caused loud music to emanate...

Did Tenant's Apartment Alterations Constituted a Nuisance?

August 24, 2021    

Four rent-stabilized tenants sued landlord in 2014, seeking to restrain landlord from harassing tenants and from installing a central boiler in the building. Landlord, in turn, claimed that one tenant made building...

Court Grants Tenant's Request for Pre-Trial Document Production

August 24, 2021    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance. Landlord claimed that tenant created loud noises by arguing and screaming or by letting her children bang on walls. Landlord also claimed that tenant caused...

Landlord Can Sue Tenant for Trespass After Tenant Moved Out and Left Roommate Behind

August 24, 2021    

Landlord sued month-to-month tenant in March 2021, claiming that the tenancy commenced in 2016, that tenant had disappeared in February 2021 without surrendering the apartment, that tenant's roommate was left...

Co-op Can Evict Shareholder Tenant for Objectionable Conduct

August 23, 2021    

Landlord cooperative corporation sued to evict shareholder tenant for objectionable conduct. The trial court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Under the business judgment rule, the co-op board acted...

Fire from Cigarette on Tenant's Fire Escape Didn't Create a Nuisance

July 26, 2021    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance. Before starting the court case, landlord sent tenant a notice to cure stating that tenant violated her lease by installing a partition and using a washing...

Court Will Hold Virtual Trial to Accommodate Tenant in Nuisance Case

June 21, 2021    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance. Landlord claimed that tenant loitered around the building day and night, at all hours, yelling, banging, and pounding on walls, made inappropriate comments to...

Landlord Can't Prove Tenant Created Nuisance by Feeding Pigeons

June 18, 2021    

Landlord sued to evict loft tenant in 2018, claiming that tenant created a nuisance. Landlord claimed that, through gross negligence, tenant substantially damaged the building and interfered with the comfort and...