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...
Landlord sued to evict tenant and claimed that the apartment was unregulated. Tenant argued that she was subject to rent stabilization and asked the court to dismiss the case without trial. The court ruled for tenant...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant obtained legal representation with Manhattan Legal Services through the Universal Access to Counsel program, which provided legal services to income-...
Landlord sued to evict unregulated tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court found that a nonpayment proceeding commenced under RPAPL Section 711(2) couldn't be maintained against a month-to-month tenant as...
Landlord sued to evict tenant. Tenant filed an ERAP application before the first scheduled court date, which resulted in a stay of the proceeding until there was a final ruling on tenant's ERAP application....
Prospective tenants sued HPD and related landlords in federal court, claiming that landlord discriminated against them in connection with two affordable housing applications, in violation of the Fair Housing Act, the...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for creating a nuisance. Tenant's attorneys asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that landlord's termination notice was deficient. Before the court...
Landlord NYCHA sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Landlord and tenant stipulated in 2020 that tenant would pay $4,929 owed by March 2020. Landlord was granted a final judgment of possession and a money...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent based on arrears totalling $3,850 for the period between November 2022 and January 2023. Landlord later asked to amend the petition to include additional rent...
A disabled, wheelchair-bound tenant living in a HUD-subsidized apartment sued landlord and HUD, claiming failure to maintain his apartment so as to accommodate the vision-impaired tenant and to provide for wheelchair...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failing to maintain its building wall. The NYC Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) issued a default judgment against landlord for failing to appear at a...
Landlord sought an Article 78 court appeal of a decision by the NYC Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH). OATH had denied landlord's requests to vacate default judgments and grant new hearings on...
