Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant asked the court for permission to conduct discovery. She claimed rent overcharge and said there were questions about fraud because landlord...
Landlord sued former tenant for $196,785 in unpaid rent in state Supreme Court. Landlord also sought interest, legal fees, and disbursements. Tenant claimed that landlord failed to mitigate damages. In response,...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance. The court granted tenant's request to dismiss the case. After sending tenant a termination notice in March 2018 and filing the eviction case papers, landlord...
Seventy-four tenants sued a number of landlords of different buildings for rent overcharge in one lawsuit and sought class action status. The court denied a motion by landlord to dismiss that claim, finding it...
A cooperative shareholder tenant sued neighbor tenant in 2017 for creating a nuisance and later added a claim for trespass. In 2019, the court ruled for the plaintiff tenant in part, finding liability by the other...
Landlord sued to evict NYCHA Section 8 tenant for breach of tenant's lease by unauthorized installation of a washing machine. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case based on defective preliminary notices. The...
Landlord sued to evict tenant, who was landlord's former employee. Landlord claimed that the tenancy was subject to employment, which had been terminated. Tenant argued that he had a five-year lease that...
Landlord sued to evict apartment occupant after rent-stabilized tenant died, claiming that he was a licensee who no longer had a right to remain in the unit. The occupant claimed he had succession rights. After trial...
Six tenants sued landlord in a 2019 HP proceeding, seeking correction of building violations. After trial, the court ordered landlord to correct conditions so that vacate orders would be lifted within six months....
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent, claiming that tenant owed a total of $9,283 based on monthly rent of $1,747. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that the rent demand was...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for violating his lease based on complaints from other residents about tenant's behavior. Tenant failed to appear in court, and the court then held an inquest. The court ruled...
Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming tenant created a nuisance. The court ruled for landlord and granted possession. Landlord accepted ERAP funds to cover tenant's back rent after the judgment of possession...
