Tenants sued landlord for negligence after one of them was attacked by a visitor whom tenants had asked landlord not to admit into the building because he had threatened them. The night before the incident, a...
Landlord sued to evict tenant after tenant's lease expired. Landlord asked the court to vacate a stay of the holdover proceeding resulting from tenant's filing of an ERAP application. In response, tenant...
Tenants sued landlord in a class action, claiming rent overcharges resulting from an alleged scheme to charge market-rate rents for apartments while collecting J-51 tax benefits. Landlord denied tenants' claims...
A prospective tenant sued landlord housing cooperative for housing discrimination. The plaintiff was a Black woman with a disabled son, whose housing application was denied. She alleged that landord had a pattern and...
Landlord brought a licensee holdover proceeding to evict the daughter of a shareholder-tenant in a limited income housing cooperative. Landlord asked the court for a ruling without trial because HPD had ruled that...
Landlord sued to evict tenant in 2020 based on failure to remove illegally erected apartment partitions and illegal subletting. Landlord had issued a notice to cure and termination notice in late 2019. Tenant asked...
Landlord sued to evict tenant and served its notice of petition and petition in compliance with RPAPL Section 735. Three days later, landlord filed proof of service of the petition. This was nine days before the...
Landlord sued to evict an ETPA/Section 8 tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that tenant owed over $10,000. Tenant filed an ERAP application, which stayed the proceeding. Landlord asked the court to...
An 88-year-old man who was walking outside of landlord's building sued landlord after he fell over and was injured as a result of a tenant’s dog running out of the building and jumping on him. The man...
Landlord sued to evict tenant and her mother. At trial, tenant notified the court that she had a pending ERAP application, which automatically stayed the proceeding. Landlord asked for a hearing to vacate the stay...
Tenant sued landlord in federal court, claiming violations of the Fair Housing Act and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Tenant used a wheelchair, and said landlord was about to start an eviction proceeding...
Landlord sued to evict tenant of a single-family rental for material breach of tenant's lease. Tenant uncovered large trailers and shipping containers filled with bags labeled "asbestos" while doing...
