The owner of a condominium unit sued an upstairs neighbor and the condominium after a pipe in the neighbor's unit burst and caused a leak in the owner's unit. The heat had been shut off and the heating pipe...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that New York's highest court had ruled in 2011, in the case of Casado v. Markus, that the Rent Guidelines Board (...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for chronic nonpayment of rent. Landlord claimed that it had to start three nonpayment proceedings against tenant and that this indicated tenant's violation of a...
Landlord sued to evict loft tenants in commercial landlord-tenant part of the Civil Court. Tenants asked the court to dismiss or delay the case, pending the outcome of a NYC Loft Board proceeding. Tenants, who lived...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant, claiming that tenant failed to sign an offered renewal lease. Landlord claimed that it bought the building in a foreclosure sale, didn't receive lease documentation...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized. The court ruled for tenant. The prior tenant was rent controlled. Tenant moved into the apartment on June...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent after sending tenant a written rent demand. The court dismissed the case because the rent demand was defective. Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law Section...
Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant, claiming that tenant unlawfully occupied a unit restricted to commercial use under the building's Certificate of Occupancy. Tenant claimed that he was rent stabilized...
DOB issued violation notices to landlord stating that several apartments in landlord's building were being used for illegal occupancy. The ALJ dismissed the violations after a hearing. DOB appealed, and OATH...
Landlord sued to evict a squatter, claiming that she had no permission or right to be in the building. She had been the prior building owner, who lost the building in a foreclosure action. The squatter failed to...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. In its court papers, landlord stated that tenant was rent stabilized. But in a subsequent stipulation landlord indicated that the apartment was high-rent...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. At some point, tenant claimed rent overcharge and argued that her monthly $1,500 rent was the legal rent, not a preferential rent. Tenant asked...
