Tenants sued landlord and its management company, claiming that landlord obtained temporary certificates of occupancy (COs) for an additional floor atop four adjoining buildings in order to avoid complying with the...
Landlord sued to evict tenant after serving a 90-day termination notice. Tenant filed a pre-answer motion to dismiss the case, claiming that he wasn't legally served with the termination notice, he didn't...
Landlord sued to evict month-to-month tenant. Tenant answered and applied for ERAP relief, which stayed the holdover proceeding. After waiting nine months without resolution of the ERAP application, landlord asked...
NYCHA tenant's sister claimed that she had lived with tenant for a year before tenant died in 2020. After tenant died, the sister lived with tenant's daughter in the apartment and assisted the daughter with...
Landlord sued to evict tenant's unregulated tenancy. The proceeding was stayed when tenant applied for assistance under the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP). Landlord then asked the court to vacate the...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant died before the trial date, and landlord asked the court to add tenant's surviving spouse as a party to the case, to substitute in...
HPD denied the succession rights claim filed by the son of a Mitchell-Lama co-op tenant who died in 2009. The son then filed an Article 78 court appeal of HPD's decision. The court ruled against him. HPD found...
Tenants sued landlord, seeking a finding of contempt against landlord for violating a March 25, 2022, court order to make repairs and pay a $212,455 penalty for failure to timely correct the violations. Tenant also...
Landlord sued to evict NYCHA Section 8 tenant for creating a nuisance. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case for failure to state a cause of action. Tenant said that landlord didn't properly serve NYCHA with...
New landlord sued to evict the three remaining tenants in its building. Tenants claimed they were rent stabilized and asked the court to dismiss the case. Landlord argued that tenants couldn't be rent stabilized...
Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming that he violated a substantial obligation of his tenancy by refusing to provide access to inspect, make repairs, and correct violations. Landlord sent tenant a Notice to Cure...
New landlord sued to evict the last three remaining tenants in its building. Landlord claimed that the apartments couldn't be subject to rent stabilization because they were illegal apartments under NYC Admin....
