Landlord co-operative corporation sued shareholder tenant to obtain access to make repairs. Landlord claimed that there was a leak in a pipe under the floor of and behind the wall of tenant's bedroom. The ceiling...
Landlord sued to evict tenants from a commercially zoned unimproved lot that tenants used for commercial purposes. Tenants were evicted in February 2024, then one of them came back to court with an order to show...
Tenant commenced an HP proceeding against landlord, who was the shareholder/proprietary lessee of the co-op apartment tenant lived in. Tenant sought correction of various building code enforcement violations. In...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for breaching multiple lease provisions by installing and using an air conditioner in the living room window of his apartment instead of the interior air...
Tenants sued landlord in 2014, claiming that landlord harassed them in order to drive them out of their rent-stabilized apartments. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the harassment claims without trial. The court...
A not-for-profit organization that provided supportive housing to its program members was the rent-stabilized tenant of an apartment that it subleased to its licensee program member. When the program member died,...
Landlord sued to evict tenant. Previously, both sides had submitted to arbitration before a rabbinical court (Bet Din). That court ruled that tenant had to vacate the apartment by Feb. 23, 2023, one year from the...
Landlord sued to eject tenant from an apartment, and sought a declaratory judgment that the apartment wasn't rent stabilized. Tenant was a nonprofit organization that sublet units to provide supportive housing....
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-stabilized tenant died. Occupant claimed succession rights as the life partner of the tenant. The court ruled for occupant after trial. Four witnesses testified...
Tenant sued landlord in 2018, claiming that he was rent stabilized, that landlord falsely represented to him that his apartment was deregulated, that he had been overcharged, and that landlord engaged in an unlawful...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant based on nonprimary residence. Tenant filed for ERAP rental assistance while the case was pending, and landlord asked the court to vacate the automatic ERAP stay of the...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent, claiming that tenant owed over $18,000. Tenant responded with a number of defenses, including breach of the warranty of habitability. Tenant claimed that there...
